As travel and trade in the Western hemisphere increased, the need for a canal grew increasingly ... the tiny cross-Panama railway had made in excess of $7 million in the first six years of operation.

Office towers and luxury hotels rise along the sea in Panama City, a Central American gateway between the Caribbean Sea and ...

John Stevens was appointed Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal Project in 1905 based on his accomplishments at the Great Northern Railway ... in a wildly successful tour of the construction ...