DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND
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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 106380
Colon, Panama Canal Zone
Fueling a U.S. Navy warship at the Colon coaling docks, circa the 1910s or early 1920s.
Note the automated mechanism used to move coal from shore to ship.
The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock.
Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Online Image: 119KB; 740 x 465 pixels
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