Historic Canal Photography Book Now Available
Now available – a beautiful hard cover book with extensive text and 164 historic photographs tell the compelling story of the Canal’s construction: dredging, housing, internal government, engineering feats, failures, and final success.
Read MoreThe Panama Canal Could Have Been the Colombia Canal
The Panama Canal could well have been the Colombia Canal if things had worked out differently. At the beginning of the 20th century Panama was a part of the country of Colombia. In the late 19th century a French company formed by the man who built the Suez Canal gained permission from the government of Colombia to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama.
Read MorePanama Canal Railway Influenced the Panama Canal Construction
Back in 1876 a company from France had plans to make a Canal through the isthmus of Panama. At this time the Gold Rush fever had already passed and the Panama Canal Railway was hurting financially, so the threat of a quicker water passage alarmed the owners of the railway. In Paris, Ferdinand de Lesseps, the man responsible for building the Suez Canal in Egypt formed the “Societe Internationale du Canal Interoceanique”. Investors in the Panama Canal decided that the cost for the new Panama Canal would be $214 million, without visiting Panama.
Read MorePanama Canal Treaties
The treaties of the Panama Canal nearly rival the actual canal as one of the most impressive endeavors known to man. While moving the rock and soil that blocked the construction of the waterway was a monumental task, it was the diplomatic work that cleared the way for concept to become reality.
Read MoreFrench Engineer is a Panamanian Legend
Every American school child is taught to revere names like Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, and Thomas Edison. In Panama one of the names you will find on any list of historic figures is Ferdinand de Lesseps.
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