Steel monolith forms used for Gatun Locks – Antique Wall Art
![Steel monolith forms used for Gatun Locks, [between 1896 and 1913] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/65/65abe583bdc8-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Steel monolith forms used for Gatun Locks. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Steel monolith forms used for Gatun Locks
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The steel forms shown here were molds for the monoliths, the large blocks of reinforced concrete poured in sections to build the Gatun Locks on the Panama Canal. Engineers used the locks, completed in 1913, to lift ships about 85 feet from the Caribbean side up to the level of Gatun Lake, which was created by damming the Chagres River. The forms were reused as each section was poured, so they show how the work proceeded in stages. The print is catalogued as No. 28 and credited to a photographer identified only as Marine, working in Panama.
| Created / published | [between 1896 and 1913] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1920. |
| Notes | No. 28. Photograph by Marine, Panama. |
| Subjects | Canal construction--Panama--Panama Canal--1890-1920. Locks (Hydraulic engineering)--Panama--Panama Canal--1890-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,258 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-193520 |
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