Panoramic view of Panama Canal construction, cut and bridge – Historic Photo Reproduction
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Panoramic view of Panama Canal construction, cut and bridge comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Panoramic view of Panama Canal construction, cut and bridge
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The Panama Canal cut was the most grueling stretch of the whole project, and this panorama takes in the excavation and the bridge work that crossed it. Work on the canal ran from 1904 to 1914 under the U.S. government, and President Theodore Roosevelt pushed hard for the project, which he saw as vital for moving the navy and trade between the Atlantic and Pacific. The Culebra Cut, as the excavation was known, required removing millions of cubic yards of rock and earth through steep hills, and it claimed many lives to landslides, disease and accidents. Looking across the scene, you can see the scale of the labor that made the waterway possible.
| Original scan | 5,400 × 986 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | PANAMA 1913 Cocoli Lake site |
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