Panama Canal Visit Reveals Massive Cut Operations
On February 21 a train tour through Culebra Cut showcased the vast scale of Panama Canal work. Col Goethals and L. K. Rourke explained every detail as shovels, drills, and trains moved million-pound loads daily. The trip covered slide risks, diversion canals, and the three lock stages at Miraflores, ending with a Pacific voyage from Balboa and a view of Taboga Island.
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Culebra Cut
Col. Goethala
L. K. Rourke
Culebra
United States
Colon
Panama
Panama Railroad
Ars
Gorgona
Empire 600
Pedro Miguel
Atlantic
Miraflores Lake
Ancon Hill
Balboa
Pacific
Taboga
Milton Ubic
Panama Canal visitors recount people and labor at work
The narrator recalls Panama Canal era encounters from Calmar to Hull, meeting Panama’s Ubaldia and discussing canal labor. He notes 5,000 office and shop workers, 2,000 European laborers, 25,000 on site with 30,000 payroll, and a diverse workforce paid in gold or silver. He describes conditions, wages, meals, and a shift in labor dynamics amid a thriving Isthmus economy.
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Milwaukee Road
Calmar
Hull
Clear Lake
Tom Lantry
Galbraiths
Galbraith
Emmetsburg
Panama
Ubaldia
Republic of Panama
Tropics
Washington
Spain
Italy
Greece
India
Barbadoes
Guadaloupe
Martinique
Trinidad
St. Kitts
Jamaica
West Indies
Colon
Bailey
Tobe
For Sale A snap if taken soda My square house north depot
Property listing reads sale of a square house north of the depot about three lots with twelve fruit trees and several other trees including maple in block 219 block Aap Bi with unclear details due to damaged text
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N.W. Dépot
Seed Corn Sale and Guarantees Offer Des Moines and South Dakota
The seller has about 100 bushels of South Dakota corn left from an initial 300 bushels at $4.00 per bushel. This corn has performed well for two years with guaranteed satisfaction. Also offered is Des Moines seed corn at $2.25 per bushel.
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South Dakota
Des Moines
Farm Machinery Discs Offered Amid Late Rock Island Goods
Dealer lists Deere plows cultivators corn planters hay tools separators engines carriages and wagons plus thrashers and repairs. Due to late Rock Island deliveries the firm will sell discs to clear stock and fulfill orders at reduced prices.
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Deere
Black Hawk
Rock Island
Tower
Sandwich
de Laval
McVicker
New Way
Velie
Durant
Great Western
Johnson and Robinson
Case Threshers
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Aks
Jas. Taylor Rts Fir
Wre
F. S. Norton
Madelia
Langdon & Co's
Panama Canal
W. H. Hodges
Moore Bros
George Besha
Otto Neumann
Ay D Clarke &, CO
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