DESTINY BY DESIGN; The Construction Of The Panama Canal, by Jeremy Snapp, is a high quality oversize hardback book of 176 pages, and includes over 160 historic never before published photographs, most dating from the original American construction.

View the equipment and construction sites up close, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Learn about the fascinating history of the Panama Isthmus from the time of Columbus, to the canal opening on August 15, 1914, to Panama’s ownership of the canal, December 31, 1999. This book sells for $29.95 and is available from most bookstores and from Pacific Heritage Press - see address on home page.

Huge berm-cranes help deliver concrete to the Miraflores locks.

The 745 ton lock gates were constructed in place.

Bucyrus steam shovels were responsible for most of the excavation at Culebra Cut.

A range marker and the railroad bridge crossing the Chagres River, are seen at Gamboa.


For general information and book orders, please email

jodie@pacific-heritage.com
or
jeremy@pacific-heritage.com 


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