Eastern end, Cape Cod canal. – Vintage Print
![Eastern end, Cape Cod canal., [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f6/f6db147cf635-L.webp)
(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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This rare historic photograph captures Eastern end, Cape Cod canal. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Eastern end, Cape Cod canal.
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Here the Cape Cod Canal meets open water at its eastern mouth, where the cut across the base of the Cape spares ships the long and hazardous voyage around its outer shore. The canal opened in 1914 and was later taken over by the federal government, and it has carried heavy commercial and recreational traffic ever since. The caption card gives no date, and its location tracings are unverified, so the picture's exact year is uncertain. It still shows the engineered shoreline that changed coastal travel in southeastern Massachusetts.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Wittemann Collection. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mass.--Cape Cod--Buzzards Bay; Canals; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 986 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-139110 |
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