canalmuseum.com - Panama Canal History Museum - Photos, Documents, Books and Stories from the Panamacanal

Description: Panama Canal History Museum - Photos, Documents, Books and Stories from the Panamacanal construction and present days

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By August 15, 1914 the Panama Canal was officially opened by the passing of the SS Ancon. At the time, no single effort in American history had exacted such a price in dollars or in human life. The American expenditures from 1904 to 1914 totaled $352,000,000, far more than the cost of anything built by the United States Government up to that time. Together the French and American expenditures totaled $639,000,000. It took 34 years from the initial effort in 1880 to actually open the Canal in 1914. It is est

Historic Photos including Panorama Views from 1886 until 1915 illustrating the Panama Canal Construction.

Historic Documents, Prints and Postcards from 1494 until 1962 illustrating the Panama Canal History.

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