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Gallery Package - The Panama Canal
2007: 30 years since the Panama Canal Treaty (7 September 1977)
2007: 100 years since George Washington Goethals appointed Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal
2008: 80 years since Richard Halliburton swam the Panama Canal
2009: 10 years since Panama took over the Canal
2014: 100 years since the opening of the Panama Canal

The Panama Canal by Jon Mitchell

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View of a huge container ship travelling the Panama Canal.
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A huge ship called 'Happiness II' is moored at the Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal, while the eager rope crew look on.
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Panama Central America<br>Mandatory credit - Colin Jones
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2004<br>Panama, Panama Canal, ship approaches Gatun Locks, 85-foot rise from Atlantic to Gatun Lake, lighthouse.<br>© Jeff Greenberg / The Image Works
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2004<br>Panama, Panama Canal, Gatun Locks, 85-foot rise from Atlantic Ocean to Gatun Lake.<br>© Jeff Greenberg / The Image Works
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2004<br>Panama, Panama Canal, Miroflores Locks, work shift, 85-foot drop from Gatun Lake to Pacific Ocean.<br>© Jeff Greenberg / The Image Works
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1989<br>The Greenpeace environmental ship The Rainbow Warrior in the Panama Canal on its maiden voyage (the replacement for the original Rainbow Warrier, which was sunk).
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2004<br>Panama, Panama Canal, Gatun Locks. Tourists view the locks from Holland America cruise ship.<br>© Jeff Greenberg / The Image Works
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Panama Central America<br>Mandatory credit - Colin Jones
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2004<br>Panama, Panama Canal, Limon Bay, approaching Gatun Locks, passengers, Holland America cruise.<br><br>© Jeff Greenberg / The Image Works
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1970<br><br>Panama Canal<br>Miralfores Lock<br>c 1970<br>
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Panama Central America<br>Mandatory credit - Colin Jones
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1988<br>&quotPanama City, Panama Canal: cargo ships, Feb. 1988 ©John Nordell/The Image Works # CNRD0307"
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1988<br>&quotPanama Canal: ship passes through lock, Feb. 1988 © John Nordell/The Image Works # CNRD0306"
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1988<br>&quotPanama Canal: Ships pass through, Feb. 1988 ©John Nordell/The Image Works # CNRD0308"
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1998<br>Panama Canal ©Mario Algaze/The Image Works CALG0358
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The old and crumbling fortress ruins, complete with rusty canons, which used to defend the Panama Canal.
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The sun sets and casts a yellow glow over the Panama Canal, one of the world's most important waterways, seen from Balboa Yachting Club.
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Panama Central America<br>Mandatory credit - Colin Jones
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2006<br>Giant, slab-sided car-transporter ship, waiting to enter the Panama Canal at Balboa.
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2006<br>Container ship going through the Gatun Locks at the Pacific end of the Panama Canal.
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2006<br>Bridge of the Americas, 1654 metres long, was opened on 16th May 1962. It crosses the (Pacific) end of the Panama Canal, uniting North and South America.
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The blowing up of Gamboa Dike (dyke) which allowed the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to join.
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1914<br>Panama Canal, the Tender &quotSevern" followed by US submarines.
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1914, Panama Canal. US Tender &quotSevern" entering the middle east chamber of the Gatun locks. The Severn is being pulled through the canal.
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1884 - 1889 ca.<br><br>A stretch of the Panama Canal with a dredge<br>
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1932<br>The transatlantic Rex entering the Panama Canal, 12/28/1932
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1902 - the US Senate voted for the Panama route, June 1902.<br><br>This picture, painted by Russell Flint in 1904, shows the packing of 6.5 million dollars in gold for the first instalment of the Panama Canal purchase money payable by the USA to France
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1888<br>Panama Canal: excavating with steam-powered earth excavators and earth transporters at Tabemilla during the de Lesseps attempt to dig the Panama Canal. Wood engraving, 1888
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1888<br>Panama Canal: Scene during the de Lesseps attempt to dig the canal, showing West Indian labourers purchasing refreshment. Wood engraving 1888
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1888<br>Panama Canal: Paying West Indian labourers on their arrival at Tabemilla during the de Lesseps attempt to dig the Panama Canal. Wood engraving 1888
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1879 - 1890 ca.<br>Group of workers from the company that dug the Panama Canal. The group is arranged in various ways: under the porch of a wooden house, on the steps leading to the entrance, at the sides of the steps
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1879- 1890 ca.<br>Group of workers from the company building the Panama Canal, shown during a break. On the lawn, in front of a wooden house, two men simulating a duel under the amused eyes of those present
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1879- 1890 ca.<br>Group of workers from the company building the Panama Canal. The figures are under the porch of a wooden house, others are sitting on the steps of the entrance while some are on the lawn in front of the building
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1881-1889 ca.<br><br>Construction work on the Panama Canal, in Colon; in the foreground, a large monument dedicated to Christopher Columbus
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1881-1889 ca.<br><br>Engineers house in Colon, Panama Canal
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1881-1889 ca.<br><br>Hotel of the 'Compagnie universelle du Canal' in the Cathedral square, Panama<br><br>In the time of de Lesseps
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1881-1889 ca.<br><br>Construction of the Panama Canal: an American dredging ship at work during the De Lesseps attempt to build the canal. Sign on ship reads De Lesseps New York
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1881-1889 ca<br><br>Construction of the Panama Canal: a dredging machine at work during the De Lesseps attempt to build the canal.
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1881-1889 ca.<br><br>Construction of the Panama Canal during the De Lesseps attempt
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1881-1889 ca.<br><br>Construction of the Panama Canal: lookout post on the Chagres River during the De Lesseps attempt
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1881-1889 ca.<br><br>Workers at work on the Olispo railway, after a slope collapsed during construction work on the Panama Canal<br><br>In the time of Ferdinand de Lesseps
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1893<br><br>Financial Scandal of the Panama Canal: an audience of the Court of Appeal, in January, 1893, with, from left to right, the first president Périvier, the yard, the stenographers, then Mister Waldeck-Rousseau, Jean Eiffel, Mister Martini, Cottu, Charles de Lesseps, Mister Barboux, Marius Fontane, Mister du Buit and the prosecuting attorney Rau. Carving Méaulle according to Henri Meyer. RV-459869
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1913<br>Construction of the Panama Canal. Miraflores's Westerner Upper Pond (chamber), in January 14, 1913. RV-541142
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1914<br>Completion of Panamá's canal. The opening of Gatún's locks and the entrance of the first boat. 1914. RV-56271
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1914<br>George Washington Goethals (1858-1928 )<br>RV-306177<br><br>1907 - Goethals was appointed Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal. In 1914 he was appointed Governor of the Canal Zone (he resigned this post in 1916).
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1885<br>Construction of the Panama Canal. French dredgers on the river Chagres, about 1885. <br><br>in the time of Ferdinand de Lesseps<br><br>RV-58645
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1914<br>The American cruiser &quotDenver" which was the amongst the first to cross the Panama Canal. HRL-515392
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1913<br>Construction of the Panama Canal. Miraflores's low locks. April 16, 1913. BOY-6119
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1912<br>Panama Canal. Pedro Miguel's lock. Construction of the room(chamber) the West. June 3, 1912. BOY-6115
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1911<br>Panama Canal. Pedro Miguel. Living districts and common dining room. (Devices against mosquitoes installed(settled) in 1911). BOY-5398
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1911<br>Panama Canal. Colon Street (street macadamized of the city of Colon). July, 1911. BOY-5396
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1890<br>Construction of the Panama Canal, about 1890. The walls of one of the locks during works. <br><br>in the time of Ferdinand de Lesseps<br><br>HRL-617590
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1914<br>Station of Cristobal ( Panama Canal's ) coal. Seen taken of the southwest showing the coalman &quotUlysseses" with load, by 1915. BOY-8277
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1913<br>Construction of the Panama Canal. Miraflores's locks. Flotilla of dredgers at work. The West Chamber. October 24, 1913. BOY-6327
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1875<br>Recognition of the route of the future Panama Canal. Raft on a river in the primeval forest. Carving.<br><br>Relates to the first attempt to build the canal, by Ferdinand de Lesseps<br>RV-745618
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1900<br>Monument of the entrance(entry) of the Panama Canal. In the centre, obelisk with Gallic cockerel dedicated to the 22.000 Frenchmen died in the task. To the left: Lesseps's bust. To the right: those of his(her) co-workers. At the bottom(really): semicircular gallery. On the horizon: islands of the Defence and island of Taboga. RV-306174
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1913<br>Construction of the Panama Canal. Upper lock of Miraflores. January 4, 1913. BOY-6117
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1912<br>Construction of the Panama Canal, in 1912-1913: design for the locks had originally begun with Gustave Eiffel ( 1832-1923 ), French engineer, to Gatun.
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1912<br>Construction of the Panama Canal. The deepest of excavation of the trench of Culebra. September 30, 1912. BOY-5408
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1888<br>Panama Canal. Overview of the construction site of excavation of Monkey-Hill, about 1888. Drawing Vuillier according to Duboc. <br><br>in the time of Ferdinand de Lesseps<br><br>RV-319936
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1906<br>Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States, visiting the works of percement of Panamá's canal, in the trench of Culebra, 1906. RV-306173
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1913<br>Percement of the Panama Canal. Flotilla of dredging in the work in the room(chamber) is of Pedro Miguel's lock, in October 24, 1913. BOY-6328
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1913<br>Percement of the Panama Canal. American equipment revolutionised excavation on the canal - the first American steam shovel started work, on the Culebra Cut, on 11 November 1904. Bucyrus railway shovels made up the majority of the diggers used - picture shows a Bucyrus Steam shovel of 95 tons, 1913. BOY-5392
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1912<br>Percement of the Panama Canal. Construction of Gatún's upper locks, 1912. BOY-5394
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1912<br>Percement of the Panama Canal. Mechanism of lock of sluice gates provided with an engine of 27 CV, 1912. BOY-5401
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1914<br>Inauguration of the Panama Canal. August 15, 1914. Britain had declared war on Germany 11 days earlier and the grand celebrations planned for the inauguration were curtailed.<br><br>HRL-617597
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1912<br>Construction of the Panama Canal. One of the upper doors of the canal before the water penetrates into the lock. October 31, 1912. HRL-617595
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1970<br>Panama Canal. Gatun's locks. 1970. RV-870617
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1910 - closing the locks on the Panama Canal. HRL-617584
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1889<br>The Panama Canal, about 1889. HRL-617587
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1913<br>the Panama Canal. Cut of Culebra, on May 26, 1913. BOY-6333TER
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1880<br>Works of percement of the Panama Canal, by 1880. <br><br>in the time of Ferdinand de Lesseps<br><br>RV-435473
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1930<br>Canal of Panama. Filling of locks of Gatun, about 1930.
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1930<br>Canal of Panama. Passage of the lock of Gatun, about 1930.
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1919<br><br>Canal of Panamá. Warehouses of coal of Balboa. 1919-1920.
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1919<br>Cover of a tourist brochure published in Panamá City. 1919-1920.
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1882<br>First building work of Panama Canal (1882). The building site of excavation of Monkey Hill. Engraving according to a drawing by Vuillier. <br><br>in the time of Ferdinand de Lesseps<br><br>RV-388891
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1876<br><br>First works of the Panama Canal : Bonaparte Wyse, sailor and french explorer, with Armand Reclus making the topographic study of isthmus. <br><br>in the time of Ferdinand de Lesseps<br><br>Engraving by Méaulle (1876). RV-388812
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1881<br><br>Beginnings of the construction of the Panama Canal. The French excavation. <br><br>in the time of Ferdinand de Lesseps<br><br>Between 1881-1885. RV-360002
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1892<br>The Panama Canal - Emperador Cutting 1892<br><br><br>in the time of de Lesseps
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1913<br>The Tug 'Gatun' first boat to travel down Panama Canal 1913<br><br><br>
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1904<br>The waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans was opened on 7th January 1914, afer many crude attempts, a stream of broken treaties and the deaths of many men. The canal is considered one of the engineering wonders of the world. This photo shows what Panama's Big Ditch looked like in December 1904 during excavation of Gaillard Cut.
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1934<br>US aircraft carrier Lexington passing through Panama Canal<br><br>May 1934
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1957<br><br>Panama Canal, Central America. 1957. Pedro Miguel Locks. Water rushes out of the Pacific side of the Pedro Miguel Locks as the gates are opened. A plan has been advanced for a completely new sea-level canal which would almost eliminate leaks. The cost of the deep excavation is estimated to be 5 billion dollars and the work may take ten years.
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1884<br><br>Workers of the Panama Canal. nr Corrosita Hill. <br><br>in the time of Ferdinand de Lesseps<br><br>20th September 1884
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Undated photo<br>Ships going through the Panama Canal<br>Central America
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Richard Halliburton - the same man who swam the Panama Canal in 1928 - (this new adventure apparently inspired by the exploits of the mighty warrior Hannibal who started to attack Rome with a hundred elephants ) is to attempt to cross the Alps to Italy on an elephant from the Paris Zoo<br>Only one of Hannibal's elephants managed to get through - with its ear frozen off - and it seems that Lloyds do not think Halliburton's chances are much brighter because they have charged a premium of 15% on the beast's total value to insure the expedition<br>Photo shows Richard Halliburton on his elephant in Paris<br>July 17th 1935
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1887 - Gustave Eiffel became involved in the Panama Canal<br><br>Half-length portrait of the famous French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. In 1887 (this picture was taken some time between 1885-1895), Eiffel was brought into design locks for de Lesseps' doomed effort to build the Panama Canal.
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1869 <br>Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-94) French diplomat and entrepreneur. Suez Canal; Panama Canal. Cartoon from 'Vanity Fair', London, November 1869, during construction of the Suez Canal
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1892<br><br>Caricatures on the financial scandal of Panama which burst, under the Third Republic in 1892. <br><br>in the time of Ferdinand de Lesseps<br><br>RV-330647
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