• Housing - Ancón, Panama Canal Zone
    An early New Deal Federal public works project involved the construction of "family quarters" in Ancón, Panama, at the Pacific terminus of what was then the U.S.-managed Panama Canal Zone. A photograph of the completed project (shown on this page) calls this Federal Project No. 3. The Annual Report of the Governor of Panama, 1934 likely contains reference to this project in this passage: "The principal projects of building construction completed during the year consisted of 10 two-family houses, Gorgas Hospital area, Ancon ..." However, this subsequent passage in the report could also refer to the project: "The principal projects under construction at the...