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Package - The Panama Canal by Jon Mitchell
2007: 30 years since the Panama Canal Treaty (7 September 1977) 2007: 100 years since George Washington Goethals appointed Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal 2008: 80 years since Richard Halliburton swam the Panama Canal 2009: 10 years since Panama took over the Canal 2014: 100 years since the opening of the Panama Canal
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![1997<br><br>PANAMA Gatun<br>Iron crosses mark the unidentified graves of people who died in the early part of this century building and working on the canal at Gatun. Thousands of people from all over the world came to Panama to work for the Isthmian Canal Company. Many such workers were put on the 'Silver Roll' payscale, most Americans were on the 'Gold Roll'. Thousands who came to build or work on the canal in the early 1900s died from disease and industrial accidents. Until 1996, this graveyard lay forgotten, buried under thick forest, before it was found by a "Zonian' (an American who grew up in the former Canal Zone) and the land cleared. This graveyard at Gatun was set aside specifically for non Americans.<br>- 1997 Picture © Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos](images/thumbs/0982958.jpg "1997<br><br>PANAMA Gatun<br>Iron crosses mark the unidentified graves of people who died in the early part of this century building and working on the canal at Gatun. Thousands of people from all over the world came to Panama to work for the Isthmian Canal Company. Many such workers were put on the 'Silver Roll' payscale, most Americans were on the 'Gold Roll'. Thousands who came to build or work on the canal in the early 1900s died from disease and industrial accidents. Until 1996, this graveyard lay forgotten, buried under thick forest, before it was found by a "Zonian' (an American who grew up in the former Canal Zone) and the land cleared. This graveyard at Gatun was set aside specifically for non Americans.<br>- 1997 Picture © Jon Mitchell / Lightroom Photos")
