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125-French method of excavation in Culebra Cut

Universal Interoceanic Canal Company at the foot of the Gold Hill in the Culebra Cut 1896. Inadequate machinery, such as the tiny dump cars and the Small Belgian Locomotive Shown here contributed to the failure of the French in the valiant effort to link the Atlantic and the pacific. This photo of an old bucket excavator at work in Culebra Cut at the foot of Gold Hill was made in 1896.

Date
1896
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
image
Original size
1,337 × 875 pixels

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