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[U.S.S. Arizona in lock, Panama Canal] – Antique Wall Art

[U.S.S. Arizona in lock, Panama Canal], c1921. — historic photograph
[U.S.S. Arizona in lock, Panama Canal], c1921.. Historic photograph from the Battleships collection.

(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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[U.S.S. Arizona in lock, Panama Canal] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Few images capture a battleship as tightly fitted into a lock as this one, with the *Arizona*'s gray hull rising almost to the chamber walls. The ship was a Pennsylvania-class battleship commissioned in 1916, and the Panama Canal's lock system, which lifted and lowered vessels in stages between the oceans, was the engineering feat that let the U.S. Navy move its fleets between the Atlantic and Pacific. Photographer C.F. Rottmann's copyright notation suggests the picture was sold as a commercial view of the canal, which was a popular subject in the 1920s. The image is a useful record of how closely a dreadnought had to be guided through the narrow chambers.

Created / publishedc1921.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesJ246790 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by C.F. Rottmann.
SubjectsArizona (Battleship) Locks (Hydraulic engineering)--Panama--Canal Zone--1920-1930. Battleships--American--Panama--Canal Zone--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,126 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-169284

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