The first chief engineer of the Panama Canal project ... completion of the canal. His railroad system worked seamlessly for the remainder of the construction period, and his involvement in ...

Forty five years after the U.S. first considered building a canal ... Engineer John Stevens arrives in Panama stressing the importance of satisfactory accommodations and sanitation before ...

But he paid special attention to the Panama ... construction provided administration buildings for the American canal authorities and suburban-style lodging inhabited mostly by white American ...

The Panama Canal's impact on the geopolitical stage far outreaches its roughly 51-mile stretch of land and water. This week, we're trying to... A look at the human toll of the construction of the ...