Monument to French canal workers Panama City
by James Brunker
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Monument to French canal workers Panama City
Artist
James Brunker
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Photograph - Photograph
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A detail of the top of the obelisk / monument to the thousands of French workers who died during the first attempt to build the Panama Canal. The obelisk is one of several monuments in Plaza de Francia the Casco Viejo Old Town of Panama City. The French attempt to build a canal across Panama lasted from 1881 - 1889, when Panama was still part of Colombia. A lack of technical knowledge, difficult, unstable terrain and disease (especially the then invariably deadly malaria and yellow fever) all contributed to the project's failure. The French concession was eventually taken over by the USA and a treaty to build it signed with the newly independent Republic of Panama (which the USA played no small part in creating) in 1903. The current canal follows the same route originally envisaged by the French.
Photograph © James Brunker. Reproduction, transmission or use in any form (print, website, copying and uploading / posting directly to social media sites rather than sharing etc) without prior written permission strictly prohibited.
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February 7th, 2021
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