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The Panama Canal: the French Ministry of Justice discovers that the bank account of the company formed to build the canal is empty. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.

Open earth draining of a swamp at Mount Hope; Panama Canal construction work. Photograph, 1910.

Hand-cleared ditch in a grassy field; Panama Canal construction work. Photograph, 1910.

Panama Canal workers' (West Indian and Panaman) quarters: exterior view of wooden huts with resident children in foreground. Photograph, ca. 1910.

The Panama Canal: Baron de Reinach, one of the promoters of the canal, is forced to swallow poison. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.

The Panama Canal: fiftieth anniversary : the story of a great conquest.

The Rio Grande Reservoir, Panama: man in boat in foreground. Photograph, ca. 1910.

Five years at Panama : the trans-isthmian canal / by Wolfred Nelson.

The Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal construction works: looking south from east. Photograph, 1910.

The Panama Canal : its history and significance.

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The Panama Canal: fiftieth anniversary : the story of a great conquest.

The Rio Grande Reservoir, Panama: man in boat in foreground. Photograph, ca. 1910.

Five years at Panama : the trans-isthmian canal / by Wolfred Nelson.

The Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal construction works: looking south from east. Photograph, 1910.

The Panama Canal : its history and significance.