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French Panama Canal Project and Collapse (1881–1894)

French Panama Canal Project and Collapse (1881–1894)

  2. Paris congress endorses a Panama canal route

    Labels: Paris Congress, Ferdinand de

  3. French construction begins on the canal

    Labels: Compagnie Universelle, Construction start

  4. Compagnie Universelle incorporated under French law

    Labels: Compagnie Universelle, French law

  5. Culebra Cut excavation officially launched

    Labels: Culebra Cut, Continental Divide

  6. Mass labor force expands amid malaria and yellow fever

    Labels: Labor force, Caribbean workers

  7. Lottery loan authorized to address financing crisis

    Labels: Lottery loan, French legislature

  8. Company suspends payments as collapse nears

    Labels: Payment suspension, Compagnie Universelle

  10. Press exposes corruption, intensifying the Panama Scandal

    Labels: Panama Scandal, Press

  11. Reinach dies as political fallout forces government resignation

    Labels: Jacques de, French government

  12. Criminal convictions in the Panama scandal trials

    Labels: Trials, Ferdinand de

  13. New Panama Canal Company created from liquidation

    Labels: Compagnie Nouvelle, Liquidation

  14. French project ends in liquidation and restructuring

    Labels: Project collapse, Restructuring