Isthmian Canal Commission

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The Isthmian Canal Commission was a U.S. government body established in the early 20th century to oversee the construction and governance of the Panama Canal and its surrounding zone.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal commission ⓘ
government agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Panama Canal ⓘ
Panama Canal Zone ⓘ
appointedBy President Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
linked to: Theodore Roosevelt
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolved 1914 ⓘ
1915 ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil engineering ⓘ
infrastructure construction ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
tropical medicine and sanitation ⓘ
hasMember Benjamin M. Harrod NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charles E. Magoon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frank J. Hecker NERFINISHED ⓘ
George W. Goethals ⓘ
John F. Stevens ⓘ
Joseph Bucklin Bishop ⓘ
Mordecai T. Endicott ⓘ
Oswald H. Ernst ⓘ
Rear Admiral John G. Walker ⓘ
Theodore P. Shonts NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Barclay Parsons ⓘ
William H. Burr ⓘ
hasRole administration of Panama Canal Zone ⓘ
contracting and procurement for canal works ⓘ
engineering management ⓘ
labor management ⓘ
oversight of Panama Canal construction ⓘ
public health administration ⓘ
sanitation and disease control in Canal Zone ⓘ
town planning in Canal Zone ⓘ
inception 1904 ⓘ
legalBasis Act of Congress of June 28, 1902 ⓘ
Spooner Act ⓘ
locatedIn Panama ⓘ
Panama Canal Zone ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableWork construction of the Panama Canal ⓘ
parentOrganization United States Government ⓘ
War Department of the United States ⓘ
replacedBy Panama Canal Department ⓘ
Panama Canal Zone Government ⓘ
Panama Canal organization under the Governor of the Canal Zone ⓘ
significantEvent assumed control of French canal assets in Panama ⓘ
implemented large-scale mosquito control programs ⓘ
organized recruitment of international labor force ⓘ
oversaw transition from sea-level to lock canal design ⓘ
supervised construction of Culebra Cut ⓘ
supervised construction of Gatun Locks ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ

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Panama Canal Zone → administeredBy → Isthmian Canal Commission ⓘ
subject linked to: Panama Canal Zone (historical)
Culebra Cut → constructedUnderAuthorityOf → Isthmian Canal Commission ⓘ
John Frank Stevens → employer → Isthmian Canal Commission ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Charles Edward Magoon → employer → Isthmian Canal Commission ⓘ
Culebra village → governingAuthorityDuringConstruction → United States Isthmian Canal Commission ⓘ
linked to: Isthmian Canal Commission
John F. Stevens → employer → Isthmian Canal Commission ⓘ
Joseph Bucklin Bishop → memberOf → Isthmian Canal Commission ⓘ