Gatun Panama Canal Wicket Girders Stereoview Keystone View Co. 1913 Engineering For Sale

This antique stereoview card, published by the Keystone View Company, captures a significant moment in industrial history: \'Looking Across the Wicket Girders of the Emergency Dam, Gatun, Panama Canal.\' The image showcases the massive steel framework and engineering marvels of the canal\'s construction, featuring a lone figure standing amidst the giant girders to provide a sense of scale. The front includes the Keystone View Company logo and lists their global offices in Meadville, PA, New York, Portland, Oregon, London, and Sydney.The reverse side of the card contains an extensive educational description of the mechanical process, detailing how the wicket girders were designed to be lowered into the locks to form an iron wall against rushing water. This stereograph is a classic example of early 20th-century photojournalism, printed on a curved gray cardboard mount typical of the era. It is identified as view number 21728 and carries a 1913 copyright by The Keystone View Company.