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uigphotos552898 Colon (former Aspinwall, United States of Colombia), Panama. Dredge âHerculesâ, used in the works for the opening of the Panama Canal. Made in Philadelphia (United States), it was transported to the site of the works at the end of March 1883.Colââ¥n/Colââ¥n/Panama

uigphotos524917 The caption accompanying this 1903 illustration in Gaston Masperoâs book on History of Egypt reads: âFerdinand de Lesseps.â Ferdinand Marie, vicomte de Lesseps (died 1894) was a French diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which inUnspecified//

uigphotos375680 First attempt to build a canal in Panama by a French company. 1881. Works for the construction of the Panama Canal. Main street of the Gorgona workers' station, between Name and Matachin. Engraving. La Ilustracion EspaÃ±ola y Americana, 1881Gorgona/Panama/

uigphotos375604 The United States of Colombia (Estados Unidos de Colombia (1863-1886). Official denomination adopted in 1863 by the Rionegro Constitution for the Granadine Confederation, after years of civil war. Colombia became a federal state itself composed ofColombia//

uigphotos374288 First attempt to build a canal in Panama by a French company. 1881. Works for the construction of the Panama Canal. Main street of the Gorgona workers' station, between Name and Matachin. Engraving. La Ilustracion EspaÃ±ola y Americana, 1881Gorgona/Panama/

uigphotos374208 The United States of Colombia (Estados Unidos de Colombia (1863-1886). Official denomination adopted in 1863 by the Rionegro Constitution for the Granadine Confederation, after years of civil war. Colombia became a federal state itself composed ofColombia//

hiphotos039695 Building of the Panama Canal, Panama, late 19th-early 20th century. The idea of building a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific was first planned by the French civil engineer and builder of the Suez Canal, Ferdinand de Lesseps. The French began work in 1880, but 9 years later the difficulties posed by the terrain, disease and spiralling costs doomed the project to failure. The United States bought the land in 1904 for $40 million, and proceeded to complete the 80 kilometre long canal between 1904 and 1914. The building of the canal cost the lives of an estimated 25,000 workers due to accidents and tropical diseases.//

hiphotos014165 Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and entrepreneur, 1869. De Lesseps (1805-1894) built the Suez Canal to enable shipping to pass between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea rather than having to sail around the Cape of Good hope, completing the project in 1869. In 1880 he then went on to make the first attempt at building a canal to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama. A combination of the difficult terrain, a horrendous mortality rate amongst the workforce from tropical diseases and spiralling costs led to the abandonment the project in 1889 however. Cartoon from Vanity Fair, London, November 1869, during the construction of the Suez Canal.//

hiphotos056444 The Panama Canal under construction, c1890. View from San Pablo. From Universal Geography, Maps & Illustrations, Vol XXXIV, Virtue & Co Limited, (London, c1890).//