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The Land Divided, The World United
Maps and Blueprints
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Cross-section of the Canal Zone showing geological features. Image source: Nichols, A. B. (Aurin Bugbee), and Tirzah Lamson Nichols. Panama Canal Collection, A.B. Nichols Notebook, vol. 46 suppl, pt. 2, 1846-1923 (bulk 1906-1914), item 15-a [key].
Map of the Atlantic entrance to the Canal. Image source: Nichols, A. B. (Aurin Bugbee), and Tirzah Lamson Nichols. Panama Canal Collection, A.B. Nichols Notebook, vol. 46, 1846-1923 (bulk 1906-1914), pp. 65.
Geological map of Culebra and vicinity from 1911 showing probable limits of sliding ground. Image source: Nichols, A. B. (Aurin Bugbee), and Tirzah Lamson Nichols. Panama Canal Collection, A.B. Nichols Notebook, fol. T, 1846-1923 (bulk 1906-1914), item 19-2.
Topography of Culebra Cut in 1917 showing slide areas. Image source: Nichols, A. B. (Aurin Bugbee), and Tirzah Lamson Nichols. Panama Canal Collection, A.B. Nichols Notebook, fol. M, 1846-1923 (bulk 1906-1914), item 14.
Cross-section of the Canal Zone showing geological features. Image source: Nichols, A. B. (Aurin Bugbee), and Tirzah Lamson Nichols. Panama Canal Collection, A.B. Nichols Notebook, vol. A-1, 1846-1923 (bulk 1906-1914), pp. 55.
U.S. Bureau of Mines geological map of the Canal Zone published in 1915. Image source: MacDonald, Donald F. Some Engineering Problems of the Panama Canal in Their Relation to Geology and Topography. Washington: Govt. Off., 1915, plate IV. Nichols, A. B. (Aurin Bugbee), and Tirzah Lamson Nichols. Panama Canal Collection, A.B. Nichols Notebook, vol. 46 suppl, pt. 2, 1846-1923 (bulk 1906-1914), item 18.
Excavation diagram and map from 1909 of the Canal from Pedro Miguel to Panama Bay. Image source: Nichols, A. B. (Aurin Bugbee), and Tirzah Lamson Nichols. Panama Canal Collection, A.B. Nichols Notebook, fol. R, 1846-1923 (bulk 1906-1914), item 4.
Map of Gatun locks, dam, and spillway. Image source: Nichols, A. B. (Aurin Bugbee), and Tirzah Lamson Nichols. Panama Canal Collection, A.B. Nichols Notebook, fol. R, 1846-1923 (bulk 1906-1914), item 19.
1911 map showing proposed project for lighting and buoying Panama Canal and approaches. Image source: Nichols, A. B. (Aurin Bugbee), and Tirzah Lamson Nichols. Panama Canal Collection, A.B. Nichols Notebook, fol. R, 1846-1923 (bulk 1906-1914), item 54.
Blueprint of a Schenectady locomotive. Image source: Nichols, A. B. (Aurin Bugbee), and Tirzah Lamson Nichols. Panama Canal Collection, A.B. Nichols Notebook, vol. 18, 1846-1923 (bulk 1906-1914), pp. 21.
Blueprint of a Bucyrus wrecking crane. Image source: Nichols, A. B. (Aurin Bugbee), and Tirzah Lamson Nichols. Panama Canal Collection, A.B. Nichols Notebook, vol. 18, 1846-1923 (bulk 1906-1914), pp. 29.
Blueprint of a track shifter built by Isthmian Canal Commission Mechanical Division. Image source: Nichols, A. B. (Aurin Bugbee), and Tirzah Lamson Nichols. Panama Canal Collection, A.B. Nichols Notebook, vol. 18, 1846-1923 (bulk 1906-1914), pp. 33.
Blueprint of a Marion steam shovel. Image source: Nichols, A. B. (Aurin Bugbee), and Tirzah Lamson Nichols. Panama Canal Collection, A.B. Nichols Notebook, vol. 18, 1846-1923 (bulk 1906-1914), pp. 69.
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