Panama Railway - the Culebra or Summit Station – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique engraving of Panama Railway - the Culebra or Summit Station brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Panama Railway - the Culebra or Summit Station
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The line's summit station at Culebra marks the highest point of the Panama Railroad, where trains crossed the continental divide on the route between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The railroad opened in early 1855, after years of brutal labor in heat and disease, and this engraving appeared in *The Illustrated London News* that same spring, when the line was still news to European readers. Engravings like this one were often prepared from sketches, so the scene reflects the artist's view as much as the site itself. The record's date and details come from an unverified caption card, so it is worth checking them against the magazine page.
| Created / published | 1855 Mar. 31. |
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| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Ref. copy may be in SSF - RAILROADS--PANAMA Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 31 Mar. 1855 p.292. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Railroads. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,198 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148672 |
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