Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Culebra Cut, looking north. Note floating dredge in middle of canal, Contractor's Hill (on the right) and a town in background (Culebra or Empire?). Note also warehouses (?) and drainage pipes (?) on railroad wagon on the left.
Item — Box: 1, Item: 33
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
A collection of 74 photographic images, most 3¼ x 5½ inches, a few smaller. Mixed processes; some black & white, a few sepia tones. Some may be contact prints. Images selectively depicting the construction period of the Panama Canal, 1904–1914. Fifty photographs in the collection document major engineering projects: building of the locks, test transits, Culebra Cut digging, dredging operations, etc. In addition, images of iconic Canal Zone buildings during construction: Administration...
Dates:
1904 - 1914