Panama Report of Leonard Z. Lawrence., 12/01/1911-01/31/1912

File — Box: 1, Folder: 2

Identifier: 97757

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Only one series.

Dates

12/01/1911-01/31/1912

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

1 Typed Item entitled "Panama Report: December 1911 and January 1912" by Leonard Z. Lawrence. Topics include: Object of Visit, Accidents, Agricultural Prospects: Republic of Panama, Black Powder, Cap Cases, Culebra Cut, Dry Docks, Electrical Blasting, Errors of Practice, Lobnitz Hammer, Locks, Lower Grades of Dynamite, Magazines, Palmer Powder Company, Panama Railroad, Probable Consumption, Transportation of Explosives, Trojan Powder, and Yardage. Subjects mentioned include: James Macfarlane, W.G. Comber, D. Kett, S.B. Williamson, C.A Devol, J.A. Loulan, Keystone National Powder Company, T.C. Atterbury, A. Morrice, Panama Banking Company, H. Pittier of the Smithsonian Institute, and Samuel Cate Prescott. Also includes 33 Photographs of scenes along the Panama Canal, including the Pacific Entrance Canal, the drill barge of the Pacific Division Balboa, the Ancon Cemetery, the Ancon Quarry, the face of the Ancon Quarry, the Culebra Cut north of Pedro Miguel, the Culebra Cut at Culebra, loading holes at Culebra, the Culebra Cut at Empire, hydraulic excavation, a slide at the Culebra Cut, a blasting station, cars for distribution of explosives, a service magazine, a storage magazine, a blasting supply magazine in Empire, a blasting supplies magazine in Paraicso, a suction dredge at Balboa, a Lobnitz hammer at Balboa, dam construction between Balboa and Miraflores, Pedro Miguel locks, Miraflores locks, Naos Island, market boats, old French drill cars, French machinery at Empire, Panama Railroad Depot, the Sanitary Department's mosquito response, the Tivoli Hotel, and a street in Ancon.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

LAWRENCE, LEONARD Z. - AUTHOR OF PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

OBJECT OF VISIT - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

ACCIDENTS - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, LEONARD Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. 1911: Manuscript

BLACK POWDER - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

CAP CASES - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

CULEBRA CUT - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

DRY DOCKS - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

ELECTRICAL BLASTING - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L. 1911-1912: Manuscript

ERRORS OF PRACTICE - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L. 1911-1912: Manuscript

LOBNITZ HAMMER - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

LOCKS - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

LOWER GRADES OF DYNAMITE - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z.: Manuscript

MAGAZINES - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

PALMER POWDER CO. - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. 1911-1912: Manuscript

PANAMA RAILROAD - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

CONSUMPTION - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z.: Manuscript

EXPLOSIVES - TRANSPORT - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE,L.Z 1911-2: Manuscript

TROJAN POWDER - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

YARDAGE - TOPIC OF PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

MACFARLANE, JAMES - REF. IN PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z (1911-1912): Manuscript

COMBER, W.G. - REF. IN PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

KETT, D. - REF. IN PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

WILLIAMSON, S.B. - REF. IN PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

DEVOL, C.A. - REF. IN PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

LOULAN, J.A. - REF. IN PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

KEYSTONE NATIONAL POWDER CO. - REF. IN PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z.: Manuscript

ATTERBURY, T.C. - REF. IN PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

MORRICE, A. - REF. IN PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

PANAMA BANKING CO. - REF. IN PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. 1911-1912: Manuscript

PITTIER, H. - REF. IN PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z. (1911-1912): Manuscript

PRESCOTT, SAMUEL C. - REF. IN PANAMA REPORT BY LAWRENCE, L.Z.: Manuscript

PACIFIC ENTRANCE CANAL - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

PACIFIC DIVISION DRILL BARGE - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

ANCON CEMETERY - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

ANCON QUARRY - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

ANCON QUARRY - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

CULEBRA CUT, PEDRO MIGUEL - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

CULEBRA CUT, CULEBRA - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

LOADING HOLES, CULEBRA - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

CULEBRA CUT, EMPIRE - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

HYDRAULIC EXCAVATION - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

SLIDE AT CULEBRA CUT - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

BLASTING STATION - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

DISTRIBUTION CAR - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

DISTRIBUTION CAR - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

SERVICE MAGAZINE, PARAISO - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

STORAGE MAGAZINE, CRUCES - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

STORAGE MAGAZINE, EMPIRE - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

STORAGE MAGAZINE, PARAISO - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

ANCON QUARRY - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

SUCTION DREDGE, BALBOA - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

LOBNITZ HAMMER, BALBOA - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

DAM BETWEEN BALBOA & MIRAFLORES - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT: Manuscript

PEDRO MIGUEL LOCKS - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

MIRAFLORES LOCKS - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

MIRAFLORES LOCKS - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

NAOS ISLAND - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

MARKET BOATS - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

FRENCH DRILL CARS - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

FRENCH MACHINERY - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

PANAMA RAILROAD DEPOT - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

SANITARY DEPARTMENT - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

TIVOLI HOTEL, ANCON - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript

STREET IN ANCON - PHOTOGRAPH - PANAMA REPORT (1911-1912): Manuscript