EU: Memorial of Christopher Columbus in Colón (1910) through time

Colón 1906–1915 17 photos of this spot

17 photographs taken at the same spot in Colón, spanning 1906–1915 — 17 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Workers pave a street in Colon, Panama, in this 1906 photograph, part of the sanitary and infrastructure works carried out in the town during construction of the Panama Canal.

EU: Colón, Panama: workers paving a street. Photograph, (1906) 1906 Workers pave a street in Colon, Panama, in this 1906 photograph, part of the sanitary and infrastructure works carried out in the town during construction of the Panama Canal.

EU: Colón, Panama: Fourth Street before paving work begins. Photograph, (1906) 1906 Fourth Street in Colon, Panama, still unpaved, photographed in 1906 shortly before paving work began there.

EU: Colón, Panama: newly paved street junction with pedestrians, carriages and train carriages. Photograph, (1906) 1906 A newly paved street junction in Colon, Panama, busy with pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages and train carriages, photographed in 1906.

EU: Colón, Panama: unpaved street lined with wooden houses; two children watch from a porch beside the open sewer. Photograph, (1906) 1906 An unpaved street in Colon, Panama, lined with wooden houses, where two children watch from a porch beside an open sewer in this 1906 photograph.

EU: Colón, Panama: unpaved street with wooden houses and palm trees: building debris scattered in foregound; people visible in middle distance. Photograph, (1906) 1906 An unpaved street in Colon, Panama, lined with wooden houses and palm trees, with building debris in the foreground and people visible in the middle distance, photographed in 1906.

EU: Colón, Panama: Cash Alley newly paved. Photograph, (1907) 1907 Cash Alley in Colon, Panama, shown newly paved in this 1907 photograph, part of the town's sanitary works during the Panama Canal construction era.

EU: Colón, Panama; street with building works in progress. Photograph, (1907) 1907 A street in Colon, Panama, with building works still in progress, photographed in 1907.

EU: Colón, Panama: a ditch runs down the middle of the unpaved street which is lined with wooden houses; a man on horseback is in the foreground. Photograph, (1907) 1907 An unpaved street in Colon, Panama, lined with wooden houses and a drainage ditch running down its middle, with a man on horseback in the foreground, photographed in 1907.

EU: Colón, Panama: Bolivar Street newly paved. Photograph, ca. (1908) 1908 Bolivar Street in Colon, Panama, shown newly paved in this photograph from around 1908, as part of the town's sanitary improvements during the Panama Canal construction era.

EU: Colón, Panama, before the sanitary works that were implemented during the construction of the Panama Canal: a ditch runs down the centre of a street lined with wooden houses. Photograph 1908 A street in Colon, Panama, lined with wooden houses and a drainage ditch running down its centre, photographed in 1908 before the sanitary works carried out during construction of the Panama Canal.

EU: Memorial of Christopher Columbus in Colón (1910) 1910 The memorial to Christopher Columbus in Colon, Panama, photographed in 1910.

EU: Colón, Panama: tarmacadamed street with storm sewer; residents shown in houses and on the street, with horse and cart in the foreground. Photograph, (1911) 1911 A tarmacadamed street with a storm sewer in Colon, Panama, with residents visible in houses and on the street and a horse and cart in the foreground, photographed in 1911.

EU: Colón, Panama. Uferpromenade mit Palmenallee und Wellenbrechern (1915) 1915 A palm-lined waterfront promenade in Colón, Panama, photographed in 1915, with stone breakwaters set along the shore.

EU: Colón, Panama. Blick in die Bucht entlang des Palmenstrandes mit großen Steinblöcken als Wellenbrecher, im Hintergrund Wohnhäuser oder Strandhäuser (1915) 1915 The bay at Colón, Panama, in 1915, its palm-fringed beach protected by large stone breakwaters, with houses visible beyond.

EU: Colón, Panama?. Kathedrale (1915) 1915 The cathedral at Colón, Panama, photographed in 1915.

EU: Colón, Panama. Wohnhaussiedlung mit Palmen für die Arbeiter am Panamakanal (1915) 1915 A palm-shaded housing settlement built for workers on the Panama Canal at Colón, photographed in 1915.

EU: Colon, Panama. View from a cruise ship onto a harbor with passenger steamers (1915) 1915 A view from the deck of a cruise ship over the harbor at Colón, Panama, in 1915, with passenger steamers at anchor.