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Building the Panama Canal by Abraham Lincoln Cooper
Photo CreditBlake Marvin
Building the Panama Canal
Photo CreditBlake Marvin

Building the Panama Canal

Artist
Year1915
Classification painting
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions7 x 24 ft. (213.3 x 731.5 cm)
Location
  • Commemorates completion of Canal in 1915, with celebration of event at PPIE, San Francisco, 1915; ships pass along in canal at right, while heavy construction equipment continues last stages of work in left foreground; workmen about.