Permanent historical factsheet

Panama Railroad Construction

United States of America · Economy / Panama Railroad. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1850Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1850

William Henry AspinwallMay 1850

Colon · Economy / Panama Railroad

Construction begins on the Panama Railroad from the Atlantic terminus at Aspinwall.

Names involved

William Henry Aspinwall

Provenance

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