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A Panama Canal Trip Through Gorgona and Colon
A traveler recounts a December voyage from New York to the Isthmus of Panama with Col. Tracy Dickson and Col. Dickson, visiting Panama City, Culebra, Colon, and the Gorgona machine shops. He details canal construction, locks at Gatun, the Dam, and climate, plus encounters with officials, natives, and fellow passengers including Genevieve Clark and Warburton’s daughter.
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Tracy Dickson
Cleburne
New York
Jersey City
Lower Fifth Avenue
Wall Street
Curb Exchange
Trinity Church
Dewey Arch
Tombs
Bridge
Panama
Madam Liberty
New York Harbor
Cat Island
San Salvador
Congressional Party
Champ Clark
Genevieve
Congressional
Miles Poindexter
Washington
Kenyon
Iowa
Warburton
Ishmus
Genevieve Clark
Cuba
Haiti
Bird Rock Light House
Comanche
Oscar
Mr. Callaway
Ian Girl
Isthmus
S Olon
Ohio
Santa Claus
Colon
Ancon
Canal Zone
United States
Tivoli
Accia
L. C
Isthmus Canal Commission
Commissary Department
Europe
States
Porres
Presidencia
House of Representatives
Chamber of Deputies
Culebra
Col. Dickson
Culebra Cut
Pacific
Gatum
Chagres
Gatuim Lake
Gatum Lake
Pedro
Mira- Flores
Matachin
America
Callaway
Ang
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Barbadoes
Gilbert
Conn
Tracy Robinson
Heaven
Peter
Remar
Eral
Goethals
Gorgas