Trabajos de construcción del Canal de Panamá
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Trabajos en una de las compuertas de las esclusas de Gatún
15.08.2014(FILES) This undated file photo shows workers building one of the gates at the Gatun Locks on the Panama Canal. The canal has three locks: Miraflores and Pedro Miguel on the Pacific side and Gatun on the Atlantic. 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 -
El SS Ancon cruzando el Corte Culebra el 15 de agosto de 1914
15.08.2014(FILES) This 15 August, 1914, file photo shows the New York-registered SS Ancon crossing the Culebra cut of the Panama Canal on opening day, as seen from Cerro Luisa, looking north. 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 -
El coronel estadounidense William C. Vargas, encargado de Sanidad del Canal de Panamá (1917)
15.08.2014(FILES) This 1917 file photo shows US Col William C. Gorgas, the doctor who directed health and sanitation in the Panama Canal Zone. The mosquito, carrying yellow fever and malaria, was the major health problem that plagued both French and US efforts to build the canal, but under Gorgas' direction swamps were drained, drainage ditches were swept, roads paved, plumbing installed and tons of insecticide sprayed. 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
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