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The Panama Canal

THE ILLUSTRATIONS

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Birdseye View of the Panama Canal ZoneColor insert

FACING PAGE

George W. Goethals, Chairman and Chief Engineer10

A Street in the City of Panama11

Theodore Roosevelt18

William Howard Taft18

Woodrow Wilson18

Vendors in the Streets of Panama19

A Native Boy Marketing19

Lieut. Col. W. L. Sibert43

The Upper Locks at Gatun43

Toro Point Breakwater43

Concrete Mixers, Gatun50

A Center Wall Culvert, Gatun Locks50

The Machinery for Moving a Lock Gate51

Steam Shovels Meeting at Bottom of Culebra Cut74

L. K. Rourke74

The Man-made Canyon at Culebra75

The Disastrous Effects of Slides in Culebra Cut82

U. S. Ladder Dredge "Corozal"83

A Mud Bucket of the "Corozal"83

W. G. Comber83

Col. William C. Gorgas106

The Hospital Grounds, Ancon106

Lieut. Frederic Mears107

The Old Panama Railroad107

Sanitary Drinking Cup114

Mosquito Oil Drip Barrel114

Spraying Mosquito Oil114

Typical Quarters of the Married Laborer115

A Native Hut115

Maj. Gen. George W. Davis138

Rear Admiral J. G. Walker138

Theodore P. Shonts138

John F. Wallace138

John F. Stevens138

Charles E. Magoon138

Richard Lee Metcalfe139

Emory R. Johnson139

Maurice H. Thatcher139

Joseph Bucklin Bishop139

H. A. Gudger139

Joseph C. S. Blackburn139

Brig. Gen. Carroll A. Devol146

American Living Quarters at Cristobal146

Harry H. Rousseau147

Lowering a Caisson Section147

John Burke170

Meal Time at an I. C. C. Kitchen170

Washington Hotel, Colon171

Major Eugene T. Wilson171

The Tivoli Hotel, Ancon171

Floyd C. Freeman178

I. C. C. Club House at Culebra178

A. Bruce Minear179

Reading Room in the I. C. C. Club House, Culebra179

Col. Chester L. Harding202

The Gatun Upper Locks202

Lieut. Col. David D. Gaillard203

Culebra Cut, Showing Cucaracha Slide in Left Center203

The Man of Brawn210

Ferdinand de Lesseps211

An Old French Excavator Near Tabernilla211

Philippe Bunau-Varilla211

S. B. Williamson234

The Lower Gates, Miraflores Locks234

Middle Gates, Miraflores Locks235

H. O. Cole235

The Pay Car at Culebra242

Edward J. Williams242

Uncle Sam's Laundry at Cristobal243

Smoke from Heated Rocks in Culebra Cut266

Tom M. Cooke267

The Post Office, Ancon267

A Negro Girl274

A Martinique Woman274

San Blas Chief274

An Indian Girl274

An Italian274

A Timekeeper274

A Spaniard274

A Negro Boy274

Testing the Emergency Dam, Gatun Locks275

Col. Harry F. Hodges275

The Ancon Baseball Park298

Caleb M. Saville299

Gatun Spillway from Above and Below299

An Electric Towing Locomotive in Action306

Blowing Up the Second Dike South of Miraflores Locks307

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