GANG OF WEST INDIAN LABOURERS 102
(Unloading spoil-train at Gatun)
GANG OF SPANISH LABOURERS AT CULEBRA 102
(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)
STEAM SHOVEL EXCAVATING SOIL AT CULEBRA 106
STEAM SHOVEL UNLOADING INTO A DIRT CAR 106
STEAM SHOVEL NEAR END OF STROKE 112
(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)
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 154
(Country north of that shown in the last photograph)
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 174
(Adduced as evidence of comparative freedom of Panama from
destructive earthquakes)
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