IMAGE
View of Gatun Locks, Panama Canal from deck of troop transport `Tainui'
- Date
- 30 August 1919
- Reference
- PA1-o-934-72
- Description
Album page of four photographs taken from the deck of the troop transport `Tainui' while passing through the Gatun locks of the Panama canal.
Top left image - Entering the Gatun locks at 7am 30 August 1919.
Top right image - View of the US Army barracks taken while in the lock.
Bottom left image - In the lock at the level of Lake Gatun looking back towards Colon and the Atlantic ocean.
View of the lock gates opening to let the ship into Lake Gatun 8am, 30 August 1919.
Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Top left image; Tainui entering Gatun Lock: 7am. 30/8/19. Top right image; Quarters of garrison of American troops. (Taken from deck while in lock) Bottom left image; At the lake level: looking back to Colon and the Atlantic. Bottom right image; The lock gates opening to let us through into Gatum Lake: 8am. Note emergency dam on right; adjustable electrically in 30 seconds or by hand in 5 minutes.
Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Kingsford, Frederic, 1890-1965 :Photograph album of views of England, Ireland, voyage to New Zealand after World War I
- Format
- 4 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs
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View of Gatun Locks, Panama Canal from deck of troop transport `Tainui'. Kingsford, Frederic, 1890-1965 :Photograph album of views of England, Ireland, voyage to New Zealand after World War I. Ref: PA1-o-934-72. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23058046More information can be found in our terms of use.