The Panama Canal Railway (PCR, Spanish: Ferrocarril de Panamá) is a railway line linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean in Central America. The... 50 KB (6,525 words) - 03:52, 23 April 2024 |
The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82-kilometre (51-mile) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific... 137 KB (14,657 words) - 20:48, 10 May 2024 |
The Panama Canal locks (Spanish: Esclusas del Canal de Panamá) are a lock system that lifts ships up 85 feet (26 metres) to the main elevation of the... 19 KB (2,393 words) - 11:59, 9 May 2024 |
The Panama Canal expansion project (Spanish: ampliación del Canal de Panamá), also called the Third Set of Locks Project, doubled the capacity of the... 59 KB (6,753 words) - 01:20, 4 April 2024 |
Balboa is a district of Panama City, located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. The town of Balboa, founded by the United States during the construction... 8 KB (753 words) - 00:18, 17 October 2023 |
The idea of the Panama Canal dates back to 1513, when Vasco Núñez de Balboa first crossed the Isthmus of Panama. This narrow land bridge between North... 51 KB (6,875 words) - 17:32, 21 March 2024 |
The Panama Canal Zone (Spanish: Zona del Canal de Panamá), also simply known as the Canal Zone, was a concession of the United States located in the Isthmus... 70 KB (7,611 words) - 00:03, 6 May 2024 |
and seaport in Panama, beside the Caribbean Sea, lying near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. It is the capital of Panama's Colón Province and... 17 KB (1,591 words) - 08:28, 27 March 2024 |
railroad in Panama, a number that increased to two in 2014 with the opening of the Panama Metro. The first one was the Panama Canal Railway, operated by... 10 KB (1,108 words) - 19:18, 2 November 2023 |
in Panama covers a vast network of routes predominantly traversed by cargo trucks and buses. The country's railway system, known as the Panama Canal Railway... 9 KB (1,047 words) - 06:08, 22 March 2024 |
Miraflores is the name of one of the three locks that form part of the Panama Canal, and the name of the small lake that separates these locks from the Pedro... 2 KB (288 words) - 13:19, 9 May 2024 |
the Panama Railway had actually halted due to the lack of healthy workers.[citation needed] The high rate of deaths among workers on the Panama Canal due... 9 KB (1,262 words) - 05:37, 25 January 2023 |
William Henry Aspinwall (category American railway entrepreneurs) was a co-founder of both the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and Panama Canal Railway companies which revolutionized the migration of goods and people... 21 KB (2,167 words) - 20:05, 28 March 2024 |
PCRC may be an abbreviation for: Panama Canal Railway Company, an operator of the Panama Canal Railway Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center This disambiguation... 171 bytes (52 words) - 17:52, 29 December 2019 |
M1920 railway guns Coastal artillery List of United States Army installations in Panama Coco Solo Panama Canal Railway Naval Base Panama Canal Zone Coco... 2 KB (262 words) - 16:37, 17 March 2023 |
example of such a canal is the Panama Canal. Many canals have been built at elevations, above valleys and other waterways. Canals with sources of water... 61 KB (7,925 words) - 15:35, 9 May 2024 |
Navy. During the construction of the Panama Canal, the initial attempts by France to construct a sea-level canal across the isthmus were secured through... 22 KB (2,126 words) - 21:08, 8 March 2024 |
Randolph in the Panama Canal Zone. The two guns deployed to the Panama Canal Zone could be moved to either coast on the Panama Canal Railway. After World... 7 KB (719 words) - 07:22, 10 February 2024 |
World Aquatics Championships Bogata, an early locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway Bogota (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing Bogata This... 1 KB (159 words) - 02:34, 24 August 2021 |
the Panama Canal. Afro-Panamanians can be found in the towns and cities of Colón, Cristóbal and Balboa, the Río Abajo area of Panama City, the Canal Zone... 23 KB (2,946 words) - 17:32, 25 April 2024 |
EMD SW1200 (category Railway locomotives introduced in 1954) were built for a Chilean industrial firm, and 3 were built for the Panama Canal Railway. The SW1200 was the third model of 1,200 hp SW series switchers built... 12 KB (486 words) - 22:32, 31 March 2024 |
Transcontinental railroad (redirect from Transcontinental Railway) years the railway played a key role in the construction and the subsequent operation of the Panama Canal, due to its proximity to the canal. Currently... 46 KB (5,506 words) - 18:18, 29 April 2024 |
John Findley Wallace (category Panama Canal) administrator, best known for serving as Chief Engineer for construction of the Panama Canal between 1904 and 1905. He had previously gained experience in railroad... 7 KB (811 words) - 01:22, 14 February 2024 |
Railway Soo Line Railroad Kansas City Southern (company) Kansas City Southern Railway Kansas City Southern de México Meridian Speedway Panama Canal Railway... 1 KB (133 words) - 18:35, 21 April 2023 |
Rail transport in Central America (redirect from Railways in Central America) service. The most famous one is the Panama Canal Railway, the oldest transcontinental railroad in the world, connecting Panama City with Colón since 1855. Other... 14 KB (1,744 words) - 09:36, 7 September 2023 |
Fort Amador (category Panama Canal) States Army bases built to protect the Pacific (southern) end of the Panama Canal at Panama Bay. Amador was the primary on-land site, lying below the Bridge... 5 KB (604 words) - 10:10, 12 September 2022 |