The guard gate [under construction], Gatun Lock, Panama – Historic Reproduction
![The guard gate [under construction], Gatun Lock, Panama, 1912 — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7c/7c524293af17-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 print of The guard gate [under construction], Gatun Lock, Panama. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The guard gate [under construction], Gatun Lock, Panama
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The guard gate at Gatun Lock, shown here while still under construction, sets this etching apart from later views of the Panama Canal's finished locks. Joseph Pennell made it in 1912, as the lock system that would raise ships about 85 feet to Gatun Lake was taking shape. This impression is a trial proof, signed on the plate and in pencil, so it shows an early stage of the printing before the edition was finalized. Pennell's canal etchings are still valued as detailed records of the engineering work of those years.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Notes | Etching by Joseph Pennell. Wuerth, 627 (trial proof, signed on plate and in pencil with note). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,171 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-145862 |
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