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The early days of the Panama Canal


A dredger in the canal		Excavator

Excavator in the Culebra Cut		Landfill train

Cutting in the Culebra Cut		Culebra Cut

The Panama Canal today

Gatun Lock (Atlantic)

Gatun Lock (Atlantic)

Gatun Lock (Atlantic)

Gatun Lock (Atlantic)

The Miraflores Lock (Pacific)

The Miraflores Lock (Pacific)

The Miraflores Lock (Pacific)

Lake Gatun

Gaillard Cut (Pacific)

Balboa Port (Pacifique)

Entrance to the Culebra Cut

Bâtiment de l'Autorité du Canal de Panama

Panama Canal Museum
The building dating from 1875 was designed under French architectural influence. After a period as a luxury hotel it was sold to the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique which used it as its headquarters during the whole period of French construction of the canal under the auspices of Ferdinand de Lesseps. The building was bought by the United States in 1904, in order to install the administrative offices of the American Canal company. In 1910, the state of Panama acquired it and for almost a century it was occupied by various administrative departments before being redeveloped to house today's Panama Canal Museum.