Peaceful looking scene at canal. Notice the thick clouds of coal smoke and steam always hanging over the building site. Cape Horn is in extreme left background.
Steamship ""Undine"", flagship of Admiral W.F. Gray, in the canal. Note the scurry of activity by the photographers, and the size of the view cameras they are carrying.
Jungletown, Ferry, Oregon - ""On my old postcard of this scene, postmarked Ferry, Oregon, April 8, 1914 there is the following message: There was three men killed here in an explosion a little bit ago, and there may be more covered up in the rock.""
Mainline tracks of O.R. & N. Railroad and narrow-gauge tracks for engine used in construction; railroad tracks in the construction sites were double-gauged to accommodate both the engine used in work on canal and standard gauge cars bringing in supplies.