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)
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. … - i VIII THE JUNGLE THE OLD RAILROAD FROM THE NEW VIII THE JUNGLETHE OLD RAILROAD FROM THE NEW WHILE I was on the Isthmus the old line from Gatunto the Culebra Cut at Bas Obispo was abandoned,owing to the rising waters of the lake, which will soon covertowns, and swamps, and hills, and forests.…
Lithography
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