ILLUSTRATIONS
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MAKERS OF THE CANAL Frontispiece
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STATUE OF COLUMBUS, CHRISTOBAL, COLON 18
CHRISTCHURCH, COLON 18
LOCK AND DAM SITE, GATUN (The house is on the crest-line of the dam, which will extend to the hills on the right) 26
EXCAVATING FOR THE DOUBLE FLIGHT OF THREE LOCKS AT GATUN (In fine-grained argillaceous sandstone rock) 26
RE-LOCATION OF RAILWAY ABOVE GATUN DAM (The trestle embankment will run as a causeway across a bay of the lake) 30
MOTOR TROLLEY FOR INSPECTION OF WORKS (In the background are screened houses of employees) 30
TROPICAL FOREST, WITH HEAVY GROWTH OF PARASITIC PLANTS 36
JUNGLE WITH PIPE THROUGH WHICH OIL IS CONVEYED BY GRAVITATION ACROSS THE ISTHMUS 36
CHAGRES RIVER NEAR BARBACOES (In the dry season—looking down stream) 42
CHAGRES RIVER NEAR OBISPO (In the dry season) 42
FRENCH DREDGER LAID UP (Several of these have recently been put in use again) 48
FRENCH TRUCKS PARTLY COVERED WITH FOREST GROWTH (Many of these were used at first by the Americans, but are now replaced by larger ones) 48
EXCAVATION NEAR TAVERNILLA 52
RIVER CHAGRES AND RAILWAY NEAR GORGONA 52
LIDGERWOOD UNLOADER, WINDING APPARATUS 56
ANOPHELES BRIGADE OILING A DITCH 56
100-TON WRECKING CRANE, GORGONA 62
INTERIOR OF MACHINE SHOP, GORGONA 62
MACHINE SHOPS, GORGONA 66
CLUB HOUSE FOR EMPLOYEES, GORGONA (Managed by the Y.M.C.A.) 66
EXCAVATION IN THE CUT 72
PIPE FOR DIVERSION OF A RIVER, NEAR EMPIRE 72
IN THE CUT, WIDTH 500 FEET 76
IN THE CUT, LOOKING SOUTH TOWARDS CULEBRA (The gorge between Golden and Silver Hills just visible) 76
ROCK DRILL (These machines bore a hole 30 feet deep in eight hours) 82
ROCK DRILLS AT WORK IN THE CUT 82
THE CUT, LOOKING NORTH FROM CULEBRA 86
THE CUT, LOOKING SOUTH FROM CULEBRA 86
FROM CULEBRA, LOOKING EAST TO DISTANT HILLS 92
FROM CULEBRA, LOOKING EAST ACROSS THE CUT (Terraces formed by landslip are just visible behind the smoke of a distant steam shovel) 92
FROM CULEBRA, LOOKING EAST TO GOLDEN HILL (Showing excavation in steps and ledges. Each ledge has carried a railway track) 96
THE CUT AT CULEBRA, LOOKING NORTH (The scarped face of Golden Hill on the right. Taken April, 1908, in the then bottom of the cut, 120 feet above Canal bottom) 96
GANG OF WEST INDIAN LABOURERS (Unloading spoil-train at Gatun) 102
GANG OF SPANISH LABOURERS AT CULEBRA (Working in the sun in April, which is one of the hottest months, less than 10 degrees from the equator. The men are wearing European kit) 102
STEAM SHOVEL EXCAVATING SOIL AT CULEBRA 106
STEAM SHOVEL UNLOADING INTO A DIRT CAR 106
STEAM SHOVEL NEAR END OF STROKE (The marks of the teeth made in a former stroke are visible on the right. Golden Hill, with the highest berm, or ledge, in the distance) 112
STEAM SHOVEL, STROKE FINISHED, LOADED WITH SOIL 112
STEAM SHOVEL AT CULEBRA 116
SHOVEL-MEN AT CULEBRA 116
SCREENED BUNGALOW, CHRISTOBAL, COLON 122
SCREENED QUARTERS OF EMPLOYEES, CULEBRA 122
READING ROOM, EMPLOYEES' CLUB, CULEBRA 126
HALL OF EMPLOYEES' CLUB, CULEBRA 126
CUT SOUTH OF CULEBRA, LANDSLIP ON LEFT 132
LOOKING NORTH, THE SCARPED FACE OF GOLDEN HILL ON THE RIGHT 132
LOOKING NORTH FROM RAILWAY BRIDGE AT PARAISO 136
ABANDONED FRENCH MACHINERY 136
GANG OF EUROPEAN LABOURERS (IN 1907) 142
A FORMER HOT-BED OF MALARIA, NOW DRAINED 142
NEAR THE SITE OF MILAFLORES LOCKS 146
LOOKING NORTH TO CULEBRA DIVIDE FROM ANCON HILL 146
RIO GRANDE, NEAR LA BOCA 154
RIO GRANDE, FROM ANCON HILL (Country north of that shown in the last photograph) 154
LA BOCA, FROM ANCON HILL 158
ANCON CEMETERY 158
COMMISSION'S HOTEL AT ANCON 162
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, ANCON 162
VIEW FROM SPANISH FORT, PANAMA 166
CATHEDRAL SQUARE, PANAMA 166
PALACE OF PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA 174
OLD FLAT ARCH AT PANAMA (Adduced as evidence of comparative freedom of Panama from destructive earthquakes) 174
MAP OF CANAL ZONE (Showing also profile of Canal, cross section of Culebra Cut, the borings below Gatun dam, and the cross section of Gatun dam as designed in April, 1908. The design of this dam, however, is still undergoing modifications) At end of volume