Panama Canal
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The Panama Canal is an artificial 82-kilometer waterway in Panama that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. It cuts across the narrowest point of the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit
Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French originator of the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal
Part de Fondateur of the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama, issued 29 November 1880
United States President Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909), the driving force behind US construction of the Panama Canal.
The US's intentions to influence the area (especially the Panama Canal construction and control) led to the separation of Panama from Colombia in 1903.
Panama Canal Railway
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The Panama Canal Railway is a railway line linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean in Central America. Opened in 1855, the route today stretches 47.6 miles across the Isthmus of Panama from Co
An intermodal train pulled by two F40PH locomotives through Colón, Panama.
Poster in the Peabody Essex Museum from 1859 announcing a sailing from New York to California via the Panama Railroad. Fine print in the middle reads "Passengers and Mails will be forwarded by Panama Railroad. and embark, Free of Expense..."
Railway at Culebra Summit Station, 1854
Example of the original construction 53 lb/yd (26 kg/m) inverted "U" rail, "screw" spike, and lignum-vitae hardwood tie used to build the Panama Railroad after 1855