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1998.287.301.1

Channel in the Panama canal

1998.287.301.1

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Collection type
Photograph
Description
Channel in the Panama canal
Geographical reference
Panama
Latin America and the Caribbean > Central America > Panama
Panama Canal; Gaillard (Culebra) Cut
Person
Photographer George Dixon Aked
PRM source Amanda Cornford
Date / Period
Date of photograph: 1936
Acquisition information
Donated: 1990
Dimensions
Image dimension 35 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1998.287.301.1 Previous PRM number: GDA 52.C.4
Research and responses

The Gaillard Cut (also called Culebra Cut) is an artificial channel forming a part of the Panama Canal. [Encyclopædia Britannica Online] [CF 23/5/2001]

Search terms: Water Supply, Communication, Topography

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