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)
gret Imade no drawing of these, so picturesquely perched. Atthe station of Gatun—the first time I stopped—I saw theworkmen—in decorative fashion—coming to the surfacefor dinner. The lithograph was made from a temporarybridge spanning the locks and looking toward Colon. Thegreat machines on each… … IVAT THE BOTTOM OF GATUN LOCK IV AT THE BOTTOM OF GATUN LOCK THERE is a flight of three double locks at Gatun by whichships will be raised eighty-five feet to the level of GatunLake. From the gates of the upper lock—the nearest tothe Pacific—they will sail across the now-forming lakesome miles…
Lithography
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