Panoramic view of the Culebra Cut, Panama Canal – Historic Photograph Print
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Step back in time with Panoramic view of the Culebra Cut, Panama Canal, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Panoramic view of the Culebra Cut, Panama Canal
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The Culebra Cut, the deep excavation through the Continental Divide that let ships pass from the Atlantic to the Pacific, is the setting here, and this panoramic view shows how much rock had to be removed to carve it. Theodore Roosevelt, who took office in 1901, pushed the canal project forward after the French effort had failed, and the work at Culebra was the most grueling stretch of the entire build. Crews relied on steam shovels, dynamite and rail cars to haul out earth and stone over the years of construction that ended in 1914. The scale of the cut in a panoramic format makes the engineering achievement easy to grasp.
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,367 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | PANAMA 1913 Great Culebra Cut with Gold Hill |
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