June 1904
Panama Canal Chief Engineer
Wallace becomes the first chief engineer of the American canal construction effort.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Panama Canal in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Wallace becomes the first chief engineer of the American canal construction effort.
Stevens takes charge and reorganises the canal project's railway, housing and logistics.
Congress adopts a lock-canal design instead of a sea-level canal.
Goethals assumes command as chief engineer and chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission.
Completes the management of the construction of the Panama Canal
President Wilson opens the Panama Canal
Appointed Governor of the Canal Zone
The steamship Ancon makes the canal's official inaugural transit.
Roosevelt authorises preliminary work for a third set of locks to increase wartime capacity.
Negotiations about the new settlement over Panama Canal starts, they eventually lead to Torrijos-Carter treaties and handing the Canal over to Panamanian control
Negotiations about the new settlement over Panama Canal starts, they eventually lead to Torrijos-Carter treaties and handing the Canal over to Panamanian control
Signs a Treaty with Panama to hand over the Canal by 2,000, ratified by the Senate
Signs a Treaty with Panama to hand over the Canal by 2,000, ratified by the Senate
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