Trabajos de construcción del Canal de Panamá
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El presidente de EE.UU., Theodore Roosevelt, sentado en una excavadora en el Corte Culebra (Noviembre de 1906)
15.08.2014(FILES) This November 1906 file photo shows US President Theodore Roosevelt (C) sitting on a steam shovel at the Culebra Cut of the Panama Canal. President Roosevelt assumed the presidency in 1901. In 1902, the US Congress approved to buy the rights to the canal from the French for a sum not to exceed 40 million USD and began negotiating with Colombia for a canal treaty. Next August 15 marks the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal, considered to be one of the 20th century's marvels of engineering and through which goes five percent of the maritime world trade. Panama took control of the 80-km-long canal and the 1,426-square-km enclave that surrounds it at midnight on December 31, 1999 according to the 1977 handover treaty signed by then-presidents of the US, Jimmy Carter and Panama, Omar Torrijos. AFP PHOTO/US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/FILES RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/FILES" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSAFP PHOTO/US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/FILES -
Cocinando para los trabajadores del Canal (1907)
15.08.2014(FILES) This file photo from around 1907 shows cooks making a meal for Panama Canal workers in the canal zone. The canal was completed in ten years at the cost of 387 million USD. Next August 15 marks the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal, considered to be one of the 20th century's marvels of engineering and through which goes five percent of the maritime world trade. Panama took control of the 80-km-long canal and the 1,426-square-km enclave that surrounds it at midnight on December 31, 1999 according to the 1977 handover treaty signed by then-presidents of the US, Jimmy Carter and Panama, Omar Torrijos. AFP PHOTO/US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/FILES RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/FILES" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSAFP PHOTO/US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/FILES -
Trabajos de excavación en el Corte Culebra (Diciembre de 1907)
15.08.2014(FILES) This December 1907 file photo shows a train (lower-C) and steam shovels working on the Culebra Cut of the Panama Canal near Empire as workers were digging their way towards the Atlantic Coast. Next August 15 marks the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal, one of the greatest engineering works of the 20th century and through which goes five percent of the maritime world trade. Panama took control of the 80-km-long canal and the 1,426-square-km enclave that surrounds it at midnight on December 31, 1999 according to the 1977 handover treaty signed by then-presidents of the US, Jimmy Carter and Panama, Omar Torrijos. AFP PHOTO/US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/FILES RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/FILES" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS =AFP PHOTO/US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/FILES
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