This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Panama Canal history and the lock vs sea level plan
A historical outline traces efforts to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama from French proposals in the 19th century to U S control after 1904. It covers routes, surveys, plans for sea level and lock types, dam sites at Gatun and Bohio, river control, and engineering debates culminating in the lock plan favored by the majority board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
France
Isthmus
Panama
Pacific
Nicaragua
Colon
Bohio
Chagres
Pedro Miguel
John F. Stavens
Congress
Board of Consulting Engineers
Caribbean
Gatun
Gatun Dam
United States
Straits of Panama
Ferdinand de Lesseps
de Lesseps
Suez Canal
Panama Canal Company
Colombia
Chagres River
Gamboa
Limon Bay
Bas Obispo
Paraiso
Athajuela
United’ States
Outa
Miraflores
Panama Bay
New
Republic of Colombia
Caribbean Sea
Pacific Ocean
Republic of Panama
International Board of Engineers
Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Sora Hill
Sosa
Naos Island
Culebra
Colon Harbor
Manzanillo Island
Toro Point
Yeu of
Iake
General Board of the Navy