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Who? Ron Where? Amador Causeway - It is the rainy season and we get many quick rainstorms that move over different parts of Panama that tend to drop a lot of rain in a short amount of time. Here from the Amador Causeway you can literally see the rain covering a large portion of downtown Panama City.
Who? Jeff Where? Gamboa The Titan Crane, among the largest floating cranes in the world was originally built by Germany in 1941, moved to the Long Beach Naval Shipyard in 1948 and finally sold to the Panama Canal and put into service in 1999. The Titan “floating” crane is used to maintain the canal locks, the tip of the main boom towers 114m (374 ft) above the water and can lift 350 metric tons!
Donor: Jimmy Reed Where? It is 1906 and US President Theodore Roosevelt has approved construction of the Panama Canal. What you see is the front cover of Scientific American announcing this bold move that would change the isthmus of Panama forever!