On board the Bank Line general cargo ship Inverbank (1924) in the west side second chamber of Gatun Lock, Panama Canal, from the Atlantic.

On board the Bank Line general cargo ship Inverbank (1924) in the west side second chamber of Gatun Lock, Panama Canal, from the Atlantic. The photographer is looking aft showing the second lock gate closing and the first lock gate closed. The ship is en route from Jacksonville, Florida, to San Diego, California, for bunkers before crossing the Pacific to Kamaishi, Japan, with a cargo of scrap iron.

Object Details

ID: P49890
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Date made: August 1937
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Overall: 46 mm x 69 mm