Black and white photograph postcard depicting the construction of the Panama Canal. The photograph is looking at the two (2) upper locks of the Gatun Locks. The Atlantic Ocean is in the center background. The postcard is addressed to Mrs. Geo. A. Balling. Verso has a handwritten note.
Subject
Panama Canal
Subject Place
City
Gatun
Country
Panama
Region
Central America
Collection
Postcard Collection
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Postcard
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Writing Media
Nomenclature Class
Written Communication T&E
Nomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication
Postcard Details
Postcard Type
Photograph (1900-Present)
Date Published
circa 1910 - circa 1915
Addressee
Name
Mrs. Geo. A. Balling
Primary Language
English
Transcription
Transcription
One of the pictures I took Oct 18-1912 which shows, the 2 upper locks, with the intermediate gates partly open it is 500 feet to the interior gates and a 1000 feet to the rear gates, you can't [sic] anything of the middle and lower locks. See the grass in front of the guard gates there is 25 feet of water against them, the floating islands make it look like if it was land. You can see the Atlantic Ocean down the center and my shop at the right of locks with white roof. This picture was taken from the range light house on center approach wall at Gatun
