Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . PholQ by Underwood & Underwood GAMBOA BRIDGE WITH CIIAGRES AT FLOODFor contrasting picture showing the river in dry season, see page 192 THE Y. M. C. A. CLUB HOUSE AT GATUN for its own. The railroad which once served its activepeople will have been moved away to the other sideof the canal and Gorgona will have returned to theprimitive wilderness whence Pizarro and the goldhunters awakened it. Near its site is the hill miscalledBalboas and from the steamships decks the woodencross that stands on its summit may be clearly after passing Gor
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . PholQ by Underwood & Underwood GAMBOA BRIDGE WITH CIIAGRES AT FLOODFor contrasting picture showing the river in dry season, see page 192 THE Y. M. C. A. CLUB HOUSE AT GATUN for its own. The railroad which once served its activepeople will have been moved away to the other sideof the canal and Gorgona will have returned to theprimitive wilderness whence Pizarro and the goldhunters awakened it. Near its site is the hill miscalledBalboas and from the steamships decks the woodencross that stands on its summit may be clearly after passing Gorgona and Matachin thehigh bridge by which the railroad crosses the Chagres,at Gamboa, with its seven stone piers will be visibleover the starboard side. This point is of some interest as being the spot atwhich the water was kept outof the long trench at dyke, partly artificial, hereobstructed the canal cut andcarried the railroad across toLas Cascadas, Empire, Cule-bra and other considerabletowns all abandoned, togetherwith that
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