SS Kroonland Through the Panama Canal, February 1915
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Artifact Overview
After 33 years of on-and-off work by French and American crews, the Panama Canal opened to traffic in 1914. The 48-mile waterway, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, saved nearly 8,000 miles versus sailing around the southern tip of South America. The SS Kroonland is pictured here in Culebra Cut, which carried the canal through Panama's Continental Divide.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
02 February 1915
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.2705
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Inscriptions
caption of photo:
GATES CRUISE AROUND SOUTH AMERICA / S.S. "KROONLAND" passing through Panama Canal February 2, 1915. - - The first cruise through the Panama Canal / E. N. Pickerill Radio Operator / Copyrighted 1915 / BROWN & DAWSON / Stamford, Conn., U. S. A.
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