Trabajos de construcción del Canal de Panamá
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Maquinaria francesa abandonada (1908)
15.08.2014(FILES) This 1908 file photo shows abandoned French machinery, including "Spigoty" train locomotives, at Empire, Panama, twenty years after the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interoceanique failed. In the eight years the company built the canal it spent some 287 million USD, removed 50 million cubic meters of earth, dug 11 miles (18kms) of canal and lost some 20,000 men. 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 five percent of the maritime world trade goes. 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 -
Trabajadores españoles (1909)
15.08.2014(FILES) This 1909 stereographic file photo shows Spanish laborers working on the Panama Canal. In 1903, the nation of Panama was born after the province rebelled against Colombia. 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 -
Almacén de barriles con insecticida
15.08.2014This undated file photo shows Panama Canal workers storing insecticide barrels at a factory in the canal zone. The mosquito was the major health problem that plagued both French and US efforts to build the canal. 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/THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES/FILESAFP PHOTO/THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES/FILES
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