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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)

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 · Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott Company · leaf 98

An illustration from 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, leaf 98
r concrete-makingcrenellations and cranes are seen. In the foreground, onthe left, is one of the side openings for emptying the waterfrom one lock to another—for all the locks are double, sideby side, and ships will not have to wait until a lock is empty,as is usual, before they can enter, but, as… … XXIBUILDING MIRAFLORES LOCK XXI BUILDING MIRAFLORES LOCK 11 HIS lock, the nearest the Pacific, is again quite different. and is the work of a civil engineer, Mr. Williamson,and not of army officers, like the rest. Between the twoforces, I believe, the most fierce harmony exists. The draw-ing shows…

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