Joseph Pennell's pictures of the Panama canal: reproductions of a series of lithographs made by him on the isthmus of Panama, January-March, 1912 (1912)
lantic seaport of the Isthmus, the eastern mouthof the Canal, though Colon is west of Panama—such is thegeography of the country. The mouth of the Canal will be fortified; breakwatersand light-houses are being built. For authorities on fortification it may be interesting tostate that the forts will… … II MOUNT HOPE II MOUNT HOPE NEAR Mount Hope, which—for the French—should becalled the Slough of Despond, or the Lake of Despair,is a huge swamp about a mile or so from Colon, on the leftbank of the French Canal, seen on the right of the litho-graph. This swamp is now filled with all sorts of…
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