RELICS OF THE FRENCH PANAMA CANAL.
Bids were recently opened in Y 4 n fe j for the French " ecrap," that w._*■ {fl turesquely and tragically strews the " of the Panama Canal. It includes •J» i doned locomotives, dump cars, iron, w* dredges, boilers, girders, sheet >»"' , L ll: of old machinery, and miscellaneous J rf ■ , —the relics of De Lessee's B re most disastrous undertaking. ,■ *"£$ .-j ■ who has visited,the isthmus baai»wj* t ; away vivid recollections of < ««» «|, »i: • monuments, as well as of the «' ll , bs tales • with which • they have <*f*/kf :]* embroidered. It used to be'»»ss*|d«' • the French settlement of. joining Colon, was built on a_ :J of locomotives dumped by. wfTVfc**' » into the virgin swamp. The mw «*. *#tf ■' ■ be removed bv the contractor. a- m M expense. Three years will be aUo 1 its removal, ' . \- : >:.Jvs^fcdl '\~Z~T7T T hi tiililiyiH
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14853, 2 December 1911, Page 2 (Supplement)
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141RELICS OF THE FRENCH PANAMA CANAL. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14853, 2 December 1911, Page 2 (Supplement)
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