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)
ctric locomotives will run out to the farthest point, andfrom it, tow the ships into the lock. Beyond is Gatun Lake,and to the right the lines of the French Canal and ChagresRiver stretch to the horizon. Even while I was on theIsthmus the river and canal disappeared forever before thewaters of the… … VIIEND OF THE DAY—GATUN LOCK VII END OF THE DAY—GATUN LOCK THIS was another subject I saw as the men stoppedwork in the evening. On the left is the stairway whichmost of them use, and on both sides are iron ladders whicha few climb. The semicircular openings are for mooringthe ships.
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