Panama Canal Commission

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The Panama Canal Commission was the U.S. government agency that operated and maintained the Panama Canal until control was transferred to Panama at the end of 1999.

All labels observed (9)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government agency ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolved 1999 ⓘ
employerOf Panamanian civilian employees ⓘ
United States civilian employees ⓘ
endTime 1999 ⓘ
governedBy binational board of directors ⓘ
hasPart Engineering and Construction Bureau ⓘ
Finance Bureau ⓘ
Marine Bureau ⓘ
Office of the Administrator ⓘ
Office of the Deputy Administrator ⓘ
Personnel Bureau ⓘ
headquartersLocation Balboa Heights, Panama ⓘ
industry canal operation ⓘ
maritime transportation infrastructure ⓘ
jurisdiction Panama Canal Treaty area ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 ⓘ
Torrijos–Carter Treaties ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Standard Time ⓘ
maintained Panama Canal ⓘ
mandate efficient and safe operation of the Panama Canal ⓘ
maintenance and improvement of canal facilities ⓘ
operated Panama Canal ⓘ
operatedUnder Department of Defense of the United States ⓘ
operatingArea Panama Canal Zone ⓘ
Republic of Panama ⓘ
linked to: Panama
ownedBy United States Government ⓘ
parentOrganization United States Government ⓘ
precededBy Panama Canal Company ⓘ
reorganizedFrom Canal Zone Government ⓘ
replaced Panama Canal Company ⓘ
responsibleFor collection of tolls for canal transit ⓘ
maintenance of Panama Canal infrastructure ⓘ
operation of locks of the Panama Canal ⓘ
safety of canal transit ⓘ
sharesControlWith Republic of Panama ⓘ
linked to: Panama
significantEvent implementation of Torrijos–Carter Treaties ⓘ
transfer of canal operations to Panama in 1999 ⓘ
startTime 1979 ⓘ
succeededBy Panama Canal Authority ⓘ
supervisingAuthority Secretary of Defense of the United States ⓘ
Secretary of the Army of the United States ⓘ
transferCompletedOn 1999-12-31 ⓘ
transferredControlTo Republic of Panama ⓘ
linked to: Panama

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Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Panama Canal Authority → replaced → Panama Canal Commission ⓘ
Isthmian Canal Commission → replacedBy → Panama Canal organization under the Governor of the Canal Zone ⓘ
linked to: Panama Canal Commission
Panama Canal Company → successor → Panama Canal Commission ⓘ
Panama Canal Company → replacedBy → Panama Canal Commission ⓘ
Balboa Heights → historicallyAssociatedWith → Panama Canal administration ⓘ
linked to: Panama Canal Commission
Balboa Heights → usedBy → United States Panama Canal administration ⓘ
linked to: Panama Canal Commission
Ancón, Panama City, Panama → hasHeritage → United States Panama Canal administration ⓘ
linked to: Panama Canal Commission
Office of the Administrator → partOf → Panama Canal Commission ⓘ
Office of the Administrator → appliesToJurisdiction → Panama Canal Commission ⓘ
Office of the Administrator → employer → Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission ⓘ
linked to: Panama Canal Commission
Office of the Administrator → headedBy → Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission ⓘ
linked to: Panama Canal Commission
Office of the Administrator → subordinateTo → Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Commission ⓘ
linked to: Panama Canal Commission
Marine Bureau → partOf → Panama Canal Commission ⓘ
Marine Bureau → parentOrganization → Panama Canal Commission Marine Operations sector ⓘ
linked to: Panama Canal Commission
Engineering and Construction Bureau → partOf → Panama Canal Commission ⓘ
Finance Bureau (Panama Canal Commission) → partOf → Panama Canal Commission ⓘ
subject linked to: Finance Bureau
Finance Bureau (Panama Canal Commission) → operatedUnder → Panama Canal Commission Office of the Comptroller ⓘ
subject linked to: Finance Bureau
linked to: Panama Canal Commission
Finance Bureau (Panama Canal Commission) → dissolvedWith → Panama Canal Commission ⓘ
subject linked to: Finance Bureau
Personnel Bureau → partOf → Panama Canal Commission ⓘ
Personnel Bureau → operatedBy → Panama Canal Commission ⓘ
Personnel Bureau → jurisdiction → Panama Canal Commission ⓘ
John F. Stevens → positionHeld → President of the Panama Canal Commission ⓘ
linked to: Panama Canal Commission
Joseph Bucklin Bishop → employer → Panama Canal Commission ⓘ