Category:US National Archives series: Photographs of the Construction of the Panama Canal, 1887 - 1940

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Media in category "US National Archives series: Photographs of the Construction of the Panama Canal, 1887 - 1940"

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"A" The Panama Canal Dredging Division Activities Gaillard Cut Project No 13 Panoramic view taken from Station E showing conditions over waterfront portion of north end of project a - DPLA - fa166ef1eaac69c54db336a9b8621118.jpg 1,524 × 1,292; 338 KB
Ancon Hospital, Administration Bldg Dec 1918 - DPLA - 58c7b1f7b188b47fac6c13504b1a117b.jpg 1,540 × 1,212; 272 KB
Bachelor Quarters for Silver employees, each house contains 24 rooms and accommodates 48 men Red Tank, 1920 - DPLA - 50bc1577482bf9ad143d08fbc918a84d.jpg 1,488 × 1,216; 259 KB
Balboa Commissary - East end of Bakery Counter and East Wing of Vegetable Section - DPLA - d9d32f02c1c4ce2a795e4174adf831b3.jpg 1,440 × 1,164; 276 KB
Balboa Terminals General view, looking east, showing site of Dry Docks, Entrance basin and coal plan June 30, 1914 - DPLA - 253e472cb78c60586dda5d2988f0cac4.jpg 1,792 × 1,460; 441 KB
Birdseye view of Colon, RP, looking north from top of floating crane at Dock-14 Sept, 1915 - DPLA - 5798224b62757b01bc04bf8009588187.jpg 1,740 × 1,492; 314 KB
Blowing up Gamboa Dyke General view from west hill, showing water rushing though opening immediately after blast Oct 10, 1913 - DPLA - 7dea92b5eed70656bbe6737a91630853.jpg 1,492 × 1,208; 257 KB
Caledonia Bridge, City of Panama Jan 31, 1920 - DPLA - 237d372d69c87a62d9dfefcdad59948f.jpg 1,564 × 1,220; 319 KB
Calidonia Bridge, City of Panama RP 1916 - DPLA - 9a5d5aad6f2518f6c10d63478df83ada.jpg 994 × 802; 140 KB
Chart- Admission, Noneffective Death Rate per 1000 - DPLA - 16547be9bc5b37bc1241d13059c74e53.jpg 1,796 × 1,216; 329 KB
Chart- Malarial Rate of Canal Zone, All Cases - DPLA - d4439a643a008541a74ac7592ec26150.jpg 1,448 × 1,076; 308 KB
Closing of the Chagres River at Gatun - Aug 10th 1907 - DPLA - 8547e909bd1534d7d0a5008be69e7feb.jpg 1,764 × 1,512; 452 KB
Colonel DD Gaillard at Desk - DPLA - 48cd45762292447fc009a88cd07c3ad9.jpg 1,704 × 1,440; 290 KB
Colonel George Goethals with Congressional Party, Tivoli Stairs - DPLA - 7c751012c75a0c981d1f5f48b25f47ca.jpg 1,716 × 1,440; 344 KB
Colonel W. C. Gorgas, Chief Sanitary Officer, and His Office Force - DPLA - 33aa5258209c11152156f8315348b81c.jpg 2,888 × 2,400; 1.77 MB
Conduit Installation ready for Pouring of Concrete Floor, Gatun Generating Station, April 19, 1909 - DPLA - 5f21345b935fbe68502d2763b61f7574.jpg 1,696 × 1,468; 406 KB
Contemporaneous Map of Golden Island and Caledonia - DPLA - 1c8ead06a1065f435990b8d623f980a5.jpg 1,844 × 1,144; 438 KB
Cristobal Police Station - General Inspection, 1908 - DPLA - 773827459a2a9cd8c80202640d5f4d13.jpg 1,752 × 1,444; 401 KB
Culebra Cut at Bas Obispo Looking South from Panama RR Relocation - April 22, 1912 - DPLA - 6f3eac73e72eccba6cf5b0b80f919f0c.jpg 1,432 × 1,180; 352 KB
Culebra Cut at Empire Suspension Bridge Bottom of Cut to be 57 feet Lower where the cars stand - June, 1911 - DPLA - 62f551c3d6f31287f1ed1e6eeff36d04.JPG 1,880 × 1,548; 647 KB
Culebra Cut Looking South- December, 1910 - DPLA - f5efdc5d6d10fdffe29d635f373ea28c.jpg 1,528 × 1,328; 407 KB
Culebra Cut North of Contractor's Hill looking North - DPLA - d44f66f261c30a70c249e46ca0823fed.jpg 1,500 × 1,276; 321 KB
Detail view of bunkering operation showing method of breasting out, and bunkering overall, and inshore side-ports, simultaneously - DPLA - dd034ddd858c7204f9d612217105db52.jpg 1,436 × 1,184; 286 KB
Diesel Electric Tug US Gatun Engine Room, Engine Room Auxiliaries - DPLA - f7dcdbe33dc2dcc2157a5e8e3bf9056a.jpg 1,484 × 1,252; 248 KB
Diesel Electric Tug US Gatun Motor and Generator Room Bottles and Fire Extinguishing System - DPLA - 4f90327c1beca3fedd445c946cc090bc.jpg 1,500 × 1,272; 256 KB
Dredging Division Activities - New Equipment- Reconstructed Motorboat CHILIBRE July 26, 1926 - DPLA - 0429e4c5ca61a79ebbde2f245846c332.JPG 1,956 × 1,604; 572 KB
Dredging Division Equipment at Cucaracha Slide (3-Plate Panorame; Plate 3 of 3), January 28, 1914 - DPLA - e3b796771f5eed6658655c7cd34e0b62.jpg 1,416 × 1,688; 487 KB
Dumps leading to Naos Island Breakwater View from Sosa Hill, looking South - July, 1911 - DPLA - 0c3ba1d6b1fbdcdf2a2e8260af28c504.JPG 1,920 × 1,504; 418 KB
Durability of Concrete from Pacific Locks Pedro Miguel Locks, Test Cores showing Rupture Planes (Back View) - DPLA - cbff7357a55ae2c9595ccc935f702bcd.jpg 1,496 × 1,224; 327 KB
E 12th Street, City of Panama Oct 12, 1925 - DPLA - b55a282e95851bc462fbf5c3b4997c35.jpg 980 × 778; 147 KB
East Breakwater, Limon Bay Looking east Pile yard, May 25, 1914 - DPLA - eb824d9a30b360ee4daa76078db46a2f.jpg 1,748 × 1,512; 414 KB
East End of Colon Hospital Grounds, showing Nurses Hall, and Quarters for Physicians - 1910 - DPLA - 643e3bbf25b1eb9b6a8e2014208bda58.jpg 1,424 × 1,168; 325 KB
Empire Police Station - Dec 1904 - DPLA - 93ba98ad07632916dbbbfc1d11ff8cbc.JPG 1,692 × 1,472; 405 KB
Empire, Looking Southwest from West Bank, March 1908 - DPLA - 25d5bc7ccdfc0df84dc6b56f6a1d0b86.jpg 1,720 × 1,392; 416 KB
Floating Equipment- US Steam Tug, "Bolivar," built in 1885 Oil Burning - DPLA - 709468b8bcbb8622a60450a4a6bd13da.jpg 1,484 × 1,220; 264 KB
Floating Equipment- US Steam Tug, "Mariner," built in 1906 Oil Burning - DPLA - b22bfa4465429a92312c697c5cceba4e.jpg 1,484 × 1,232; 300 KB
Fort Gaillard, looking North 1920 - DPLA - 771a689106e8310eb2d9a949485c4401.jpg 1,448 × 1,180; 258 KB
Four-family Quarters covered with vines, Balboa Hts CZ - DPLA - 13ac6e6c3c93a39a7bddf0d92c707c34.JPG 1,780 × 1,472; 423 KB
Gaillard Cut- View of Dredging Division Headquarters; Paraiso Village in background 6-9-24 - DPLA - f193cf525400cc7e3e74ffc03469f622.JPG 1,868 × 1,420; 441 KB
Gamboa Bridge, Old and New, Looking South, July 20, 1908 - DPLA - 12a888a210735044fb88919d2f574a57.jpg 1,672 × 1,392; 392 KB
Gatun Hydroelectric Station General view of Turbo-generators Jy 27, 1914 - DPLA - b0a0b61a424986f8634ec656413efdab.jpg 1,676 × 1,444; 354 KB
Gatun Locks - Looking South on Center Line, Upper Locks, July 1910 - DPLA - 5630c4e2ff23aaa5cc94eef794eb7975.jpg 1,716 × 1,424; 498 KB
Gen View of Empire Shops - October, 1906 - DPLA - 93514704fe96b628cc1a6c9054e41ce9.jpg 1,424 × 1,136; 259 KB
Gorgas Hospital, CZ (PR) - DPLA - f1cd766820d2ebe9219cb60bdae499a5.jpg 1,608 × 1,388; 537 KB
Group of Canal Zone policemen at Empire, CZ 1913 - DPLA - 8510d79ec170b343127212a143f9144e.jpg 1,776 × 1,437; 525 KB
Heated Rock on West Side of Canal, 350 yards, North of Culebra "Y" Extent of Heated Material 500' x 25' x 20' Looking North- February 16, 1912 - DPLA - b47269921d9a84f85586b832b1296927.jpg 1,568 × 1,304; 225 KB
HMS Norfolk, Northbound, Gamboa Signal Station - DPLA - a816e0ecc032c7e387dc301c15857d51.jpg 1,772 × 1,472; 384 KB
Hotel Washington, Colon The lounging Room, 1913 - DPLA - ca57f65dd83a55ab95c05aa6cc580353.jpg 1,380 × 1,140; 171 KB
Interior of Bachelor Quarters, Ancon, CZ 1918 - DPLA - 9d234d0c002a596bb426bfbcd65f064b.jpg 1,504 × 1,220; 251 KB
Interior of Mess Tent Gatun, Oct 1906 - DPLA - 18f479ccabd049f303830cf361379b41.jpg 1,772 × 1,452; 366 KB
JF Stevens with Panama Judge de la Ossa, 1906 - DPLA - 44b6ecfb3cc61bedc755f0b9362f848c.jpg 1,480 × 1,764; 310 KB
La Pita Point Improvement Project- Looking South from 150 fl elevation, North end HMS "Hood" (8606 x 1052 x 32' draft and 45,000 tons displacement) shown rounding apex of turn, loca - DPLA - d09e538df32a50d6e50f50418bc71352.JPG 1,852 × 1,544; 443 KB
Looking East showing Gatun and New Gatun Villages and a Portion of Fort Davis in the distance-left 6-19-24 - DPLA - 121ff03e15f930c7131ba47efcff06be.JPG 1,872 × 1,476; 497 KB
Marking and tagging of aquatic animals- an indexed bibliography. - DPLA - 7d173b3da346ef9015f468f59c7323d1.pdf 1,275 × 1,650, 65 pages; 7.79 MB
Miraflores Diesel Station, Panama Canal June 30, 1927 - DPLA - bdaef6696760b23b6d72fcea1294c176.jpg 1,724 × 1,372; 297 KB
Miraflores Locks- Looking Northwest from Eastside of Approach Wall General view of lockside and spillway - Pedro Miguel Locks in the distance 7-1-24 - DPLA - 1f1fa85e04a3c1dad72d052a637f2c20.JPG 1,844 × 1,552; 356 KB
Miraflores Upper Locks East Chamber, looking North - November 8, 1911 - DPLA - 39e8207fab5ef215111ac9a650b63ecb.JPG 1,908 × 1,572; 469 KB
Monte Lirio Drawspan Raised, August 4, 1913 - DPLA - 3f7badc801f91cc74d32507e77340289.jpg 1,792 × 1,452; 306 KB
Mt Hope Marguerita Pt Road June 1917 - DPLA - af78e2ab4c752f45d7db388f38d532dc.jpg 1,476 × 1,192; 297 KB
Opening of the Panama Canal SS Ancon approaching Gamboa Looking north Aug 15, 1914 - DPLA - 0c0baedc6b427a89406d5779c16b4205.jpg 1,524 × 1,240; 276 KB
Operation of Pedro Miguel Locks Lockage of 85 ft piles rafted from Balboa to East Breakwater, Atlantic entrance Water at Miraflores Lake Level April 8, 1914 - DPLA - 53d072e0359bc9cd46d362e3d209196a.JPG 1,792 × 1,500; 500 KB
Operation Panama Canal SS "Cristobal" in middle east chamber, Gatun Locks Dec 31, 1922 - DPLA - fd3420a1b3457776e9d26f58e637b93f.JPG 1,476 × 1,236; 288 KB
Pacific Fleet through the Panama Canal USS Tennessee in Gaillard Cut passing Cucaracha Slide June 8, 1921 - DPLA - df111a12f22fe2150967329782171e6f.JPG 1,564 × 1,180; 245 KB
Pacific Terminal Naos Island Breakwater July, 1923 - DPLA - c63c8169d10df9833b5d03b1064b6bb0.JPG 1,920 × 1,520; 424 KB
Pacific Terminal Pier No 18, Balboa, from Port Captains Office June 1921 - DPLA - 4c914658bfc93ef40ea99669490c410a.jpg 1,800 × 1,460; 431 KB
Pacific Terminals USFS "Roosevelt" in Dry Dock Balboa Mar 15, 1917 - DPLA - be9b8a6ecae91e0df308d4cb55621005.jpg 1,736 × 1,460; 415 KB
Panama Canal Japanese Cruiser Idzumo leaving Miraflores Locks Northbound Oct 15, 1921 - DPLA - 2f9b22351c873a9347447940942cd8ee.JPG 1,472 × 1,236; 264 KB
Panama Canal Motor Car-6, on Continental Divide, old line Panama RR 1911 - DPLA - 989f8e343ced3ed4266eca8cfd36bb1f.jpg 1,464 × 1,168; 405 KB
Panama Canal SS "William Penn" - Gaillard Cut - DPLA - 45a91dfe4159530996ef97d874fb94b0.jpg 1,707 × 1,377; 440 KB
Panama Canal SS Rushine leaving Miraflores Locks and entering the Lake - DPLA - ed37e44abf43de20e7b4fcc2820c2802.jpg 1,749 × 1,437; 477 KB
Panama Canal SS Stanley Dollar in Gatun Lake, steaming North August, 17, 1921 - DPLA - 87218fbe9fd6d7c9500c164f1f16a5ed.jpg 1,698 × 1,425; 285 KB
Panama City - View from Ancon Hill, Looking East (2-Plate Panorama; Plate 2 of 2), 1887 - DPLA - 7e0fdab5f32eb2b6de35c82efbd646ed.jpg 1,708 × 1,412; 482 KB
Panama Railroad Bridge Over the Chagres River at Barbacoas, Near San Pablo Station, Taken During the Dry Season, 1906 - DPLA - a47955b4d972ec3f7081118b7fa23de2.jpg 1,780 × 1,360; 370 KB
Patriotic Exercises Balboa CZ July 4, 1915 - DPLA - a8bddbd56a7b7af6840f0aa43ecba1b7.JPG 1,824 × 1,552; 477 KB
Photograph of building - DPLA - c0426d6a0d70d84ef3bd3bbb6a3ca14c.jpg 1,580 × 1,304; 307 KB
Photograph of Children and Women Outside of Clinic 185-G-1197.jpg 1,424 × 1,156; 272 KB
Photograph of Group of Women - DPLA - 7f4f067935501b94dee3de90ed37666e.jpg 1,492 × 1,232; 325 KB
Photograph of Railroad Tracks at Gatun Locks(?) - DPLA - f303ccfb36066ed5b2da9eb1bfd291a5.jpg 1,708 × 1,392; 374 KB
Photograph of Ship, Tai Shan - DPLA - 37bd96ca69ecdd623290fb210a72d76c.jpg 1,704 × 1,368; 354 KB
Photograph of tent and structures - DPLA - 03cef4b1ff0e4a6b2d63b30199ba6ae1.jpg 1,412 × 1,096; 335 KB
Proposed Sosa Hill - Corozal Dam View looking towards Sosa Hill, showing East Toe - Dec 7, 1907 - DPLA - 5dacb43caaf9c55f6cfd431293f63a07.jpg 1,440 × 1,216; 292 KB
Repairing Old French Loader Dredge at Marine Shops Balboa -1907 - DPLA - 3277821842bf945f763f0104f6727029.JPG 1,952 × 1,284; 334 KB
Residence of Com HH Rousseau at Culebra, CZ 1914 - DPLA - 1d634563d47999fd7daa2db44a502b38.jpg 1,436 × 1,176; 296 KB
Santa Ana Plaza City of Panama Oct 12, 1925 - DPLA - 20750a6c884ad155c2617242fa3c894f.jpg 984 × 774; 154 KB
Santa Ana Plaza City of Panama Oct 12, 1925 - DPLA - 50e024a5aa23c75205cb22d370f38e15.jpg 992 × 794; 188 KB
School House for Colored Children, La Boca, CZ June, 1921 - DPLA - a1f15b8b308cec0d5b83ca70b3fa3f3e.jpg 1,476 × 1,184; 349 KB
Steam Shovels at Work in Slides on West Bank of Culebra Cut, Culebra, Nov 20, 1909 - DPLA - bebae281e382ae05d144b11ce459a4b2.jpg 1,656 × 1,384; 463 KB
Taboga Island Hotel Aspinwall from the bay Jan, 1916 - DPLA - 9db74f353fcc64fdc0df42d5cc83003d.jpg 924 × 770; 112 KB
The Electric Light Plant, La Boca - DPLA - 8809bb2b53af27a33d52c5aa496d87ef.jpg 952 × 740; 124 KB
The Middle Locks, Gatun, Looking North, Showing Status of Concrete Work, July 2, 1910 - DPLA - fc4f6baea536e1b85ae692a40a03643a.jpg 934 × 806; 159 KB
The new concrete depot Corozal CZ June, 1916 - DPLA - 387f05a2c5687f0f589a10d2558cb06f.jpg 1,728 × 1,440; 348 KB
The Panama Canal 1933 Overhaul East forebay Miraflores Locks showing accumulation of silt April 18, 1933 - DPLA - f0c094e6cdb5e9f117cad6b53fa21d33.JPG 1,916 × 1,576; 408 KB
The Panama Canal Balboa Annex Grade School Building No 804, Balboa, Canal Zone, December 14, 1939 - DPLA - fb1e11a2ac7c57ae206173ceff32c4e5.jpg 1,648 × 1,404; 420 KB
The Panama Canal City of Panama, RP from Ancon Hill February, 1933 - DPLA - c5da18da1e5b2a18e0b72c2072d0db1d.jpg 1,468 × 1,196; 298 KB
The Panama Canal Dredging Division Activities Gatun Lake Section Gravel Plant View taken on 10-29-1939 of gravel screening and washing plant after its collapse which occurred on 10- - DPLA - ce53c198debb700658c58b2dd7cbbcf5.jpg 1,540 × 1,264; 404 KB
The Panama Canal Dredging Division Activities- Naval Aviation Base View looking northward showing completed fill Dipper dredge operating on mole upper left-hand corner - DPLA - 22990c0590513bb700930b11d9e4135c.jpg 1,724 × 1,420; 315 KB
The Panama Canal Madden Dam Project Close-up of Power Plant from top of head tower forms being stripped from East wall following topping out pour August 3, 1934 - DPLA - a2106184225fed64ca4358e513324a26.jpg 1,748 × 1,452; 582 KB
The Panama Canal Madden Dam Project Contractor's Cableway Tailtower June 19, 1933 - DPLA - f85f97b9feb93152199056aa46390598.jpg 1,792 × 1,456; 359 KB
The Panama Canal Madden Dam Project Flood of November 28-29, 1932 Aggregate loading station Showing 30 ft of East end of Tramway Terminal damaged and partly washed away, and drift d - DPLA - fc61420c264ed161cd2d7be4b99bcff2.jpg 1,824 × 1,480; 447 KB
The Panama Canal Madden Dam Project Saddle Dam II from the Northeast to show the wet slope 4-10-33 - DPLA - 195bfc71b72d7bb1ec7e68ae51eed6b3.jpg 1,812 × 1,456; 563 KB
The Panama Canal Madden Dam Project South end of Clay Blanket June 26, 1933 - DPLA - d282cd9820bb7c9d78eecf7c5010ca9a.jpg 1,716 × 1,420; 469 KB
The Panama Canal Madden Dam Project View of left abutment from point 3-A at crest of flood of November 28, 1932 - DPLA - 730b6ab49c1a84dd5ffa8a2e4336d28b.jpg 1,824 × 1,496; 479 KB
The Panama Canal SS Jane Christianson in Cut March 1935 - DPLA - 615b651f84c7c4d7a421c904a551814d.jpg 1,452 × 1,168; 303 KB
The Panama Canal Thatcher Highway - Power Drag Scrapers making fill near Station 315 April 23, 1931 - DPLA - 6e792b1a4e5561cae18195802a1a2385.jpg 1,804 × 1,472; 592 KB
The Panama Canal Thatcher Highway - View along Road - DPLA - ff50caa26ed1e4ae4a09ed8c168a9f59.jpg 1,720 × 1,472; 405 KB
The Panama Canal Thatcher Highway Paving operations Station 60, looking west March 15, 1932 - DPLA - d83126ba04b636161045fab6c2d24a7b.jpg 1,816 × 1,536; 592 KB
The Panama Canal Thatcher Highway Station 247+50 Looking towards Arraijan Sept 15, 1930 - DPLA - cf3ab034a9aa029e78db5d716811036b.jpg 1,824 × 1,468; 631 KB
The Panama Canal- Colored School at La Boca, Canal Zone - DPLA - 0af38b8f34fec623495d008ccda272bb.jpg 1,592 × 1,288; 317 KB
The Panama Canal- Madden Dam- Spillway and Power Station January 1938 - DPLA - acfd92181af7aa1593c27e97efabdd86.jpg 1,468 × 1,228; 238 KB
The Passing of "Original Culebra"- March 1907 - DPLA - fb5d315e64655a94b5752197d1895b64.jpg 1,480 × 1,228; 317 KB
The Pay Car at Culebra, Jan 12, 1908 - DPLA - 55fbb1d13a0b09833ecbca7f46e7e1c4.jpg 1,761 × 1,443; 402 KB
The Statue of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Panama, RP July, 1927 - DPLA - 388b3650989efef2136aa699c8f93b99.jpg 1,032 × 836; 124 KB
Toro Point Breakwater Derrick barge placing 25-ton concrete blocks on bay slope Nov 30, 1915 - DPLA - be2601dee3de17a1e331385253227f90.jpg 1,760 × 1,504; 403 KB
US Naval Radio Sta Balboa, CZ General view looking north April 28, 1915 - DPLA - 1c3ef9d8c04bbcc83fa7f5c6f4267121.jpg 1,296 × 1,480; 257 KB
US Naval Submarines at Dock-13, Cristobal, CZ Sept 1915 - DPLA - 18f6e71db819a26e9656c896ebcff9a0.jpg 1,732 × 1,476; 299 KB
USS "Black Hawk" in Gatun Lake (Near Gamboa) Enroute from Balboa to Cristobal, Panama Canal Atlantic Fleet Visiting Sailors Aboard Feb 13, 1920 - DPLA - 5213757b359f9dae9444a97e3094232e.JPG 1,408 × 1,204; 212 KB
USS Colorado in Pedro Miguel Lock, Panama Canal March 6, 1927 - DPLA - f47378b94b2dec56d393152b3bcd191c.JPG 1,408 × 1,148; 240 KB
USS Nevada in Gaillard Cut Feb 15, 1923 - DPLA - 14597804235d12ad06474e396cdc8ddd.JPG 1,400 × 1,096; 237 KB