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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: to determine whether he was fit to be extradited, two eminent physicians examine the stools of Dr Cornelius Herz, who had fled France to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.

The Panama Canal Zone chief engineer's residence (right), administration building (centre), and staff quarters (left), Ancon, Panama. Photograph, ca. 1910.

The Panama Canal: Dr Cornelius Herz, having fled to Bournemouth, reads in a newspaper that he is being sought by the police for his part in the mismanagement of the canal's financing. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.

The Panama Canal: Dr Cornelius Herz, having fled France to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing, lies in bed as a physician takes his pulse to determine whether he is seriously ill. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.

The Panama Canal: Dr Cornelius Herz, one of those responsible for its financing, having fled France, spends his time fishing in Bournemouth. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.

Panama Canal construction workers (American and European) dining in the Isthmian Canal Commission (I.C.C.) hotel, Culebra. Photograph, ca. 1910.

The Panama Canal: for an enquiry into its financing, a policeman guards a prison-cell in which some of the principals are remanded. 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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Panama Canal (Panama)

Images from the collections

Images about Panama Canal (Panama)

Works from the collections

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.

Panama Canal (Panama)

Images from the collections

Images about Panama Canal (Panama)

Works from the collections

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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