May 29 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2706 -

Sale 2706 - Lot 182

Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(PANAMA CANAL.) Isthmian Canal Commission. Large archive of schematic plans relating the American administration's infrastructure within the Canal Zone during construction. Approximately 45 large sheets of ink and graphite on prepared architectural drafting linen variously dated between 1905 and 1915. Many extremely large, i.e., 40x60 inches or more, quite a few with the approval signatures of Chief Engineer John F. Stevens and Supervising Architect A.M. Burtt; various creases and stains, several sheets quite tattered but overall the condition is good. Panama, early twentieth-century

Additional Details

This unique and impressive collection of planning drawings includes maps of Culebra, Empire, Cerro Gordo and other adjacent towns in close proximity to the Canal; diagrams of the engineering offices and housing quarters for chief builders and Commission employees; electrical and sanitary operations in the Canal Zone; machinery buildings, mitering lock gates, and even a 13-foot-tall life-size composition of a scuttled street light/fire alarm standard design.