Name/Title
The Culebra Cut, 1913.Entry/Object ID
MC14.19S.31Description
Image of a lock construction near the C[u]lebra Cut in 1913.
The Culebra Cut is the artificial valley that creates the divide in Panama linking the Gatun Lock, essentially the Atlantic Ocean, to the Pacific Ocean. It is seven miles from the Pedro Miguel Locks.
Culebra is the name of the mountain range that it cuts through. The Culebra Cut name was changed to the "Gaillard Cut" after the US Major, David du Bose Gaillard, who led the excavation. From 1915-2000, the pass was called the Gaillard Cut. It was renamed the Culebra Cut in 2000.Collection
Merrill CollectionMade/Created
Studio
The Gibson Kodak Store in Jacksonville, Florida.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Photograph, Black-and-WhiteNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Locks (Canals), Water, Construction, Canal construction, Canals, Trains, Machinery