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![[Locks at Gatun, Panama Canal, taken during March 1913]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvbG9ja3MtYXQtZ2F0dW4tcGFuYW1hLWNhbmFsLXRha2VuLWR1cmluZy1tYXJjaC0xOTEzLTcxMzBjZi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/99/jpg "[Locks at Gatun, Panama Canal, taken during March 1913]")
![[Concrete construction at Gatun Lock site, Panama Canal]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjMvY29uY3JldGUtY29uc3RydWN0aW9uLWF0LWdhdHVuLWxvY2stc2l0ZS1wYW5hbWEtY2FuYWwtMmRmMGM0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Concrete construction at Gatun Lock site, Panama Canal]")
![[Panama Canal construction, 1913: construction of lock; ground view toward gates]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvcGFuYW1hLWNhbmFsLWNvbnN0cnVjdGlvbi0xOTEzLWNvbnN0cnVjdGlvbi1vZi1sb2NrLWdyb3VuZC12aWV3LXRvd2FyZC1nYXRlcy02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Panama Canal construction, 1913: construction of lock; ground view toward gates]")
![[Gatun Locks, Panama Canal], Panoramic Photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTAvZ2F0dW4tbG9ja3MtcGFuYW1hLWNhbmFsLTI4N2U5Zi02NDAuanBn/40/9/webp "[Gatun Locks, Panama Canal], Panoramic Photograph")
![[Upper Level, Gatun Locks, Panama Canal]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvdXBwZXItbGV2ZWwtZ2F0dW4tbG9ja3MtcGFuYW1hLWNhbmFsLTI4ZjkzNC02NDAuanBn/40/5/webp "[Upper Level, Gatun Locks, Panama Canal]")
![[North Approach, Gatun Locks, Panama Canal]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTUvbm9ydGgtYXBwcm9hY2gtZ2F0dW4tbG9ja3MtcGFuYW1hLWNhbmFsLWRjMTliNy02NDAuanBn/40/8/webp "[North Approach, Gatun Locks, Panama Canal]")
