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  • Trabajos de excavación en el Corte Culebra (Diciembre de 1907)

    Trabajos de excavación en el Corte Culebra (Diciembre de 1907)

    (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 =
  • Maquinaria francesa abandonada (1908)

    Maquinaria francesa abandonada (1908)

    (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 CLIENTS
  • Trabajadores españoles (1909)

    Trabajadores españoles (1909)

    (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 CLIENTS

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