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Panama Canal Chief Engineer

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

2Records
1904–1905Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1904

John Findley WallaceJune 1904

Panama Canal · Economy / United States Canal Construction

Wallace becomes the first chief engineer of the American canal construction effort.

1905

John Frank Stevens26 July 1905

Panama Canal · Economy / United States Canal Construction

Stevens takes charge and reorganises the canal project's railway, housing and logistics.

Names involved

John Findley WallaceJohn Frank Stevens

Provenance

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