PANAMA 1939 Commemoration - Gatun Lock – Historic Print
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PANAMA 1939 Commemoration - Gatun Lock comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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PANAMA 1939 Commemoration - Gatun Lock
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The Gatun Locks, a flight of three steps that lift ships about 85 feet from the Caribbean side up to Gatun Lake, were among the largest locks in the world when the Panama Canal opened in 1914. This view belongs to the 1939 commemoration of that opening, a 25th-anniversary observance that recalled the engineering feat. Theodore Roosevelt, whose administration launched American construction in 1904, pushed the project forward, and in 1906 he became the first sitting U.S. president to travel abroad when he visited the canal zone.
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,399 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | PANAMA 1939 Commemoration - Gatun Lock |
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