Compagnie universelle du canal interocéanique de Panama

built:

• Panama Canal

  Sources: The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914

founded by:

• Ferdinand de Lesseps

  Sources: The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914

led by:

• Jules Dingler

  Sources: The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914

was succeeded by:

• Compagnie nouvelle du canal de Panama

  Sources: The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914

Appears in9 items

• 
  The Panama Canal9 items
  • The Wyse concession · buyer20 Mar 1878
  • A ceremonial first blow · company1 Jan 1880
  • The company sells its shares to the French public · issuerDec 1880
  • 
    The French attempt · builderJan 1881
  • Yellow fever takes Jules Dingler’s family · employerJan 1884
  • Eiffel is hired to build the locks · clientDec 1887
  • The company stops paying · failed company14 Dec 1888
  • Work stops on the isthmus; counting the French dead · employer15 May 1889
  • 
    The Panama scandal · briberSep 1892

Sources

1. BookThe Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914