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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    The Panama Canal expansion project (Spanish: ampliación del Canal de Panamá), also called the Third Set of Locks Project, doubled the capacity of the...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    Mexico. The company also owned half of Panama Canal Railway Company (PCRC), which operates the Panama Canal Railway, providing ocean-to-ocean transshipment...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Naval Base Panama Canal Zone refers to a number of United States Navy bases used during World War II to both protect the Panama Canal and the key shipping...
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  • PCRC may be an abbreviation for: Panama Canal Railway Company, an operator of the Panama Canal Railway Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center This disambiguation...
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  • M1920 railway guns Coastal artillery List of United States Army installations in Panama Coco Solo Panama Canal Railway Naval Base Panama Canal Zone Coco...
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    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...
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    the Panama Canal Railway's operator, Panama Canal Railway Company. Kansas City Southern History (2008), History of the Kansas City Southern Railway. Retrieved...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • World Aquatics Championships Bogata, an early locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway Bogota (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing Bogata This...
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    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...
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    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...
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    construction to start in 2013. The Panama Canal Railway, first constructed in ca. 1850, was built in 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge. During canal construction (1904–1914)...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Railway Soo Line Railroad Kansas City Southern (company) Kansas City Southern Railway Kansas City Southern de México Meridian Speedway Panama Canal Railway...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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