Panama Collection (page 7)

Cite De Lesseps
The Cite de Lesseps, where the canal cuts into the Chagres River

The Canal at Mindi
Part of the canal is successfully constructed such as this stretch at Mindi, but this is the year when the French are forced to abandon their operations

Railway Scheme - 2
An alternative scheme is seriously proposed : that a railway be constructed capable of carrying ships across the isthmus. But the idea never gets off the ground

Panama Canal Coaling
The coaling plant at the Atlantic Terminal, Cristobal

NORTH CAROLINA SHIP
American warship depicted entering the Culebra Cut of the Panama Canal

Panama Canal - Gatun Spillway
The Gatun spillway on the Panama Canal - part of a flood control program to combat water level change brought about by torrential rain (during the rainy season)

Administration Building
The Panama Canal Administration Building, Balboa, near Panama

VERMONT IN GATUN LOCKS
The U.S.S. Vermont in Gatun Locks

Coaling Plant and Docks
The Balboa Coaling plant, and Dry Docks, near Panama

Panama / Taboga C1915
Taboga, Taboga Island: native huts

Panama / Colon C1915
Colon: Calle del Frente (Front Street), viewed from Cristobal, showing the Panama railway company

Panama / Cristobal C1915
Cristobal, Canal Zone, showing concrete and steamboat agency offices

Panama / Ancon C1915
Ancon, Canal Zone: Palm Avenue, Hospital Grounds

Panama City / Cathedral Pl
Panama City: Cathedral and main square

Panama Canal Plan 1881
A birds eye view of the canal as planned by the French, whose project will have to be abandoned, and completed by the Americans

Canal / Panama / Uss Rh Isld
USS Rhode Island in Gatun Lake

Canal / Panama / Piers 7 & 8
Piers 7 and 8 at Christobal

Culebra Cut Works
One of the massive steam shovels at Culebra : a machine like this is capable of shifting 8000 tons a day

Culebra Cut
At work on the Culebra Cut : half hidden is one of the steam shovels digging out the bottom of the canal : the bridge is a temporary erection during construction

Darien Expedition 1698
DARIEN EXPEDITION A view of the Darien Isthmus, Panama at the time of the Scottish colony established there in November 1698 (it failed in 1699)

Panama Railrd. Train / C19
Aspinwall, Central America: the train starting for Panama

Panama Canal - Panama
The harbour of Panama, southern terminal of the proposed canal, which this year is ceded to USA : it will not be completed till 1914

Panama Village Scene
Scene in a Panama village

Building Panama Canal
Building the Panama Canal

Making Panama Hats in, of all places, Panama

Panama City
General view of Panama City

Panama - Colon Railway
The railway station at Colon

San Jose, Panama City
The magnificent Golden altar of San Jose church, Avenue A, Panama City - a splendid example of Roman Catholic ornamentalism

Panama City 1914
Central Avenue, looking east

Miraflores Locks Night
The Miraflores locks by night

Miraflores Locks
United States destroyers in the Miraflores locks

Pedro Miguel Locks
Birds eye view of the Pedro Miguel locks

Culebra Cut and Ship
The Grace Companys Santa Teresa passes through the picturesque Culebra Cut

Gatun Lock and Liner
The American Dollar Line steamship President Van Buren passes through Gatun Lock

Gatun Spillway
The four sluice gates of Gatun spillway in the act of discharging - a striking spectacle which attracts the locals

Gatun Lock Aerial View
Birds eye view of the Gatun sequence of locks

Panama Canal / Culebra Cut
U.S.S. Rhode Island in the Culebra Cut

Surveying Panama Canal
Surveying under difficulties : the terrain is rough and densely covered, jungle in some places, swamp in others

Panama sacked by Henry Morgan
Panama is sacked by Henry Morgan

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