Hydrographic Gauging Station, Panama

ID: SIA2010-0021 and 96-4634

Creator: Busck, August

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1912

Citation: "Completion of the Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone," Explorations and Field-Work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1912, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 60, No. 30, p. 67, figure 73

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Summary

The hydrographic gauging station, above Alhajuela, Panama, along the Chagres River where August Busck made his headquarters as he explored the surrounding countryside. From 1910 to 1912, the Smithsonian participated in the Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone, to document the natural history of the Canal Zone prior to construction of the Panama Canal. August Busck, of the Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), was a member of the field party and took this picture.

Subject

  • United States Dept. of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology
  • Panama Canal Zone
  • Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone, 1910-1912

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

"Completion of the Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone," Explorations and Field-Work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1912, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 60, No. 30, p. 67, figure 73

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1912

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Scientific expeditions
  • Chagres River, Panama
  • Hydrographic gauging station
  • Landscapes
  • Natural History
  • Explorations and Field-Work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1912
  • Field Work
  • Rivers
  • Hydrographics
  • Tropical Biology
  • Natural areas
  • Natural history

Place

  • Panama
  • Alhajuela (Panama)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Landscape

ID Number

SIA2010-0021 and 96-4634

Physical description

Number of Images: 1, Color: Black and White; Size: 4.16w x 2.38h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print

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