PANAMA 1913 Gatun Locks - emergency dams – Vintage Wall Art
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This rare historic image captures PANAMA 1913 Gatun Locks - emergency dams in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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PANAMA 1913 Gatun Locks - emergency dams
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Gatun Locks, shown here in 1913 with its emergency dams in place, formed the largest of the three lock flights that lifted ships about 85 feet from the Caribbean side up to Gatun Lake on the Panama Canal. Temporary dams like these were built to hold back water so crews could work in dry chambers, and to keep the works safe if flooding threatened. Work on the canal began under Theodore Roosevelt's administration, which pushed the project forward after 1904, and the locks were nearing completion when this view was taken. The canal opened to shipping in 1914.
| Original scan | 5,400 × 990 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
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