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374:, so new residential housing areas for US employees were needed. This required new planning for Cristóbal which was designed primarily for port activity, as headquarters for shipping agencies, freight handlers, banks, and the Canal Zone's Atlantic side civil administration center. A new residential section was built by expanding Cristobal along Colon Beach, through another massive landfill of northern Manzanillo Island's swamps. This new area came to be known as New Cristóbal.
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328:(formerly Aspinwall) had been during the American construction of the Panama Railroad, Cristobal was the port of entry for construction equipment and materials, most canal workers, and supplies and provisions for them and their dependents. High priority was given to building up the town beyond the existing French and Panama Railroad facilities.
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294:(then Aspinwall) just a few streets wide and long while the rest of Manzanillo Island was still a swamp. They used soil from their canal excavation works to create a landfill on a coral reef adjacent to the Panama Railroad's area of Colon. This new landfill area, upon which the French built their facilities, was called
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Colon Beach to an area south of Coco Solo and France Field, the Hotel
Washington came under Panamanian jurisdiction, and the Panama Railroad stations in Cristóbal and Panama City were relocated. Many of the properties transferred as a result of the 1955 Treaty had been owned by the Panama Railroad for over 100 years.
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date of the Rotary
International Club corporate charter (note Rotary sign). This photo predates the 1933 photo above, which shows taller trees and a fire hydrant on the street corner, absent here. To the far left may be a covered marketplace. The building on the right shows the Panama Agencies Co. sign.
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The mid-1950s saw the greatest transformation of
Cristobal. This change saw a drastic population shift of Cristobalites to new areas in Margarita and Coco Solo, and the redefinition of territorial boundaries which reduced the extension of the Canal Zone on Manzanillo Island. These changes came about
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New Cristóbal's construction progressed from 1917 to 1938, and involved filling in swamp areas beyond Cristóbal which allowed the city of Colón to expand too. As part of this expansion, a new Cristóbal elementary school was built in 1918 and
Cristobal High School in 1933. This period coincided with
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employees (terms that respectively designated mostly white
Americans and mostly West Indian laborers working on the construction of the Canal) was underway and housing was expanded, though many bachelors and silver roll employees were housed in box cars given the lack of sufficient housing throughout
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lodges were active. Commissaries and clubhouses were built and very active. Construction of housing and facilities expanded northward. In 1913 the present-day Hotel
Washington was built on the site of a former Panama Railroad building known as the Washington House. Cristobalites eventually had their
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The architecture of much of what was once known as
Steamship Row (the areas around Roosevelt Avenue, Terminal Street and Columbus Avenue) can still be appreciated, even if only for their historical significance. Other Cristobal area landmarks like the Hotel Washington, Christ Church by the Sea, and
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Starting in 1979, in compliance with the
Torrijos-Carter Panama Canal Treaties of 1977, the Canal Zone was abolished and US control over the Panama Canal and the former Canal Zone began to be transferred to the Republic of Panama. Many areas in Cristóbal were among the first to be transferred, as
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The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. (previously The
Pacific Steam Navigation Co.), building to the far right (see photos of the same place above) also used (sign on upper level of building) as the Port Transportation Office, U.S.Army, when the photo was taken. The photo was taken after March 1, 1921,
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Starting in late 1957, in compliance with the 1955 Treaty, five tracts of land totaling 48.5 acres (196,000 m) in Cristóbal and all of New Cristóbal were transferred to the
Republic of Panama. Cristóbal High School was moved from New Cristobal to Coco Solo, the Colon Hospital was moved from
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What came to be known as "Old Cristóbal," and today consists of the port of Cristóbal, was first built by the Panama Railroad Company in the 1850s at the time they dredged part of the 650 acres (2.6 km) of virgin swamp on Manzanillo Island to build their headquarters and port of arrival for
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After the Panama Canal's inauguration the port of Cristóbal's great piers were built and, shortly after, shipping companies moved into the area which came to be known as Steamship Row. At around the same time the northwestern tip of Manzanillo Island was converted into an artillery post named
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By the early 1960s, Cristóbal was almost exclusively a commercial and social area with few residents. Cristóbal was the target of anti-American protests throughout the early 1960s, and particularly after the Balboa "Flag Incident" in January 1964. New Cristóbal and Fort
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had purchased the French Canal enterprise's assets in Panama and had secured use and control of the Canal Zone "in perpetuity." The Panama Railroad's assets also came under Canal Zone control, and its facilities became part of the Canal Zone town of Cristóbal.
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as a result of the construction of the town of Margarita, the 1955 bilateral treaty, and the US Navy's transfer of its Coco Solo Station to the Canal Zone government. Cristóbal's population in 1955 dropped to 562, and New Cristóbal's to 1,130.
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402:'s citizens and for executives of the Bahía Las Minas Refinery. Other former Panama Railroad areas eventually fell into decline in the 1970s and 1980s, along with most of the rest of the city of Colón.
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By April 1906 Cristóbal had a population of 2,101, and 489 of these were American. Just a year later the population had topped 4,000, a quarter of which were American. Construction of facilities for
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882:
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was the Panama Railroad which ceased to operate in the early 1980s due to lack of maintenance. Its population as of 1990 was 15,178; its population as of 2000 was 37,426.
926:
1120:
1145:
1125:
1135:
916:
91:
346:
775:
563:
46:
1130:
1115:
1049:
967:
687:
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Cristóbal's port is thriving under private management while facing competition from other container ports built around Coco Solo.
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the St. Mary's Academy's Church of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal are very well preserved and may be of interest to visitors.
269:. The corregimiento has a population of 49,422 as of 2010. The town is located on the western edge of Manzanillo Island, on the
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Modern-day Cristóbal, like much of the city of Colón, has been beset with problems of increased crime and needed maintenance.
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62:
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866:
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871:
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the Canal Zone. Also that year, the former French and Panama Railroad hospitals were consolidated and refurbished.
233:
835:
556:
1140:
962:
876:
634:
531:
258:
158:
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37:
382:'s greatest economic prosperity. During these years the port of Cristóbal employed almost 2,000 employees .
825:
780:
649:
225:
1065:
1023:
830:
810:
639:
586:
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Cristóbal was of vital importance to the American plan to build the Panama Canal. Much like the city of
972:
549:
418:, though it is also the name of the district which encompasses the Atlantic Side portions of the former
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815:
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railway travelers. In the 1880s, the French Inter-Oceanic Canal Company arrived to find the port of
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887:
461:
153:
141:
998:
850:
602:
466:
492:
921:
905:
840:
820:
692:
677:
419:
262:
146:
672:
526:
415:
399:
379:
325:
291:
1003:
371:
363:
1070:
748:
736:
341:
In 1907 the Cristóbal Women's Club was founded and fraternal orders for men, including
309:, the Canal Commission set up its provisional headquarters in Cristóbal. By then, the
270:
1109:
624:
310:
1028:
993:
572:
274:
216:
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988:
753:
720:
629:
342:
1018:
1008:
715:
619:
351:
212:
106:
93:
1044:
614:
398:, now part of the Republic of Panama, became the most prestigious areas for
334:
207:
350:
own commissary, post office, police, fire and railroad stations, churches,
699:
306:
785:
607:
893:
266:
134:
305:
In 1904, after Panama's US-backed declaration of independence from
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355:
545:
541:
281:, the Genovese explorer for whom these places were named.
502:
National Institute of Statistics and Census of Panama
1079:
1058:
1037:
981:
955:
940:
903:
859:
803:
794:
766:
729:
708:
665:
658:
595:
579:
457:
Postage stamps and postal history of the Canal Zone
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277:. Cristóbal Colón is the Spanish translation for
366:, several fraternal lodges and a masonic temple.
202:Population density calculated based on land area.
927:United States District Court for the Canal Zone
237:Cristóbal's Administration Building, July 1997
557:
8:
500:[Basic Final Results] (in Spanish).
298:, a name which was translated in Spanish as
952:
800:
662:
564:
550:
542:
18:
240:
232:
224:
478:
205:
176:
163:
121:
86:
55:
43:
488:
486:
484:
482:
414:Cristóbal is now part of the city of
197:
189:
181:
173:428.5 km (165.4 sq mi)
168:
151:
139:
7:
1126:Port settlements in Central America
1136:Populated coastal places in Panama
1121:Populated places in Colón Province
14:
1050:PSA Panama International Terminal
69:
1146:Corregimientos of Colón Province
127:
68:
61:
45:
786:New Panamax / Post-Panamax
688:Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport
1:
932:1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties
867:1903 Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty
1131:Port cities in the Caribbean
498:"Resultados Finales Básicos"
1116:Panama Canal Zone Townships
872:1921 Thomson–Urrutia Treaty
229:Hotel Washington, June 1938
1162:
836:George Washington Goethals
877:Isthmian Canal Commission
532:The Path Between the Seas
335:gold roll and silver roll
194:115.3/km (299/sq mi)
87:
56:
44:
35:
841:William Crawford Gorgas
826:William Nelson Cromwell
16:County in Colón, Panama
831:David du Bose Gaillard
811:Philippe Bunau-Varilla
640:Bridge of the Americas
587:Panama Canal Authority
331:
247:
238:
230:
51:Cristóbal's Bldg. 1104
410:Present-day Cristóbal
321:
244:
236:
228:
1071:Balboa Naval Station
846:Ferdinand de Lesseps
816:Ephraim S. Claybourn
645:Panama Canal Railway
279:Christopher Columbus
191: • Density
888:Panama Canal Museum
462:SS Conte Biancamano
253:is a port town and
103: /
1087:Balboa High School
851:John Frank Stevens
467:George, Washington
296:Christophe Colombe
248:
239:
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183: • Total
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1102:
1099:
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1094:
922:Canal Zone Police
917:List of governors
821:John G. Claybourn
762:
761:
635:Centennial Bridge
420:Panama Canal Zone
223:
222:
170: • Land
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953:
801:
663:
566:
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527:David McCullough
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508:on July 10, 2015
504:. Archived from
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107:9.350°N 79.900°W
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883:Health measures
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781:Atlantic Bridge
776:2006 referendum
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742:Albrook Airport
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650:Atlantic Bridge
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372:Fort De Lesseps
364:American Legion
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300:Cristóbal Colón
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919:
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911:
909:(1904–1979/99)
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259:Colón District
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1141:Colón, Panama
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947:installations
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906:US Canal Zone
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318:Cristóbal, CZ
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311:United States
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285:Early history
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255:corregimiento
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88:Coordinates:
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28:Corregimiento
20:
968:France Field
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860:Construction
730:Pacific side
682:
573:Panama Canal
530:
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510:. Retrieved
506:the original
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275:Panama Canal
273:side of the
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963:Albrook AFB
945:US military
879:(1904–1906)
754:Panama City
721:Culebra Cut
693:Bahía Limón
630:Culebra Cut
495:(.xls). In
110: /
1110:Categories
1004:De Lesseps
973:Howard AFB
716:Gatun Lake
620:Gatun Lake
596:Structures
580:Management
473:References
352:yacht club
178:Population
1080:Education
1045:Coco Solo
956:Airfields
768:Expansion
678:Arco Iris
659:Locations
615:Gatun Dam
396:DeLesseps
251:Cristóbal
208:Time zone
76:Cristóbal
23:Cristóbal
1024:Randolph
535:, p. 472
451:See also
307:Colombia
271:Atlantic
154:District
142:Province
1029:Sherman
994:Clayton
796:History
709:Passage
608:Panamax
512:May 26,
343:Masonic
123:Country
98:79°54′W
1014:Gulick
989:Amador
943:Former
894:Box 25
804:People
749:Gamboa
737:Balboa
434:Sights
267:Panama
199:
186:49,422
135:Panama
132:
95:9°21′N
38:County
1059:Radio
1038:Ports
1019:Kobbe
1009:Grant
999:Davis
982:Forts
700:Gatún
673:Colón
603:Locks
426:Crime
416:Colón
400:Colón
380:Colón
326:Colón
292:Colón
213:UTC−5
159:Colón
147:Colón
514:2015
443:Port
356:YMCA
347:Elks
345:and
165:Area
360:VFW
257:in
217:EST
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