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0982958 - 1997
PANAMA Gatun
Iron crosses mark the unidentified graves of people who died in the early part of this century building and working on the canal at Gatun. Thousands of people from all over the world came to Panama to work for the Isthmian Canal Company. Many such workers were put on the 'Silver Roll' payscale, most Americans were on the 'Gold Roll'. Thousands who came to build or work on the canal in the early 1900s died from disease and industrial accidents. Until 1996, this graveyard lay forgotten, buried under thick forest, before it was found by a "Zonian' (an American who grew up in the former Canal Zone) and the land cleared. This graveyard at Gatun was set aside specifically for non Americans.
- 1997 Picture © Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos
©2006 TopFoto / Jon Mitchell
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![1997<br><br>PANAMA Gatun<br>Iron crosses mark the unidentified graves of people who died in the early part of this century building and working on the canal at Gatun. Thousands of people from all over the world came to Panama to work for the Isthmian Canal Company. Many such workers were put on the 'Silver Roll' payscale, most Americans were on the 'Gold Roll'. Thousands who came to build or work on the canal in the early 1900s died from disease and industrial accidents. Until 1996, this graveyard lay forgotten, buried under thick forest, before it was found by a "Zonian' (an American who grew up in the former Canal Zone) and the land cleared. This graveyard at Gatun was set aside specifically for non Americans.<br>- 1997 Picture © Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos](../images/prevs/0982958.jpg "1997<br><br>PANAMA Gatun<br>Iron crosses mark the unidentified graves of people who died in the early part of this century building and working on the canal at Gatun. Thousands of people from all over the world came to Panama to work for the Isthmian Canal Company. Many such workers were put on the 'Silver Roll' payscale, most Americans were on the 'Gold Roll'. Thousands who came to build or work on the canal in the early 1900s died from disease and industrial accidents. Until 1996, this graveyard lay forgotten, buried under thick forest, before it was found by a "Zonian' (an American who grew up in the former Canal Zone) and the land cleared. This graveyard at Gatun was set aside specifically for non Americans.<br>- 1997 Picture © Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos")