George Washington Goethals
United States Army officer and civil engineer (1858-1928) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 69
George Washington Goethals was an American military officer and civil engineer, best known for his administration and supervision of the construction and the opening of the Panama Canal.
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Construction of locks on the Panama Canal, 1913
Panama Canal under construction, 1907
A World War I poster for the US Shipping Board, c. 1917-18
Uncle Sam pointing his finger at the viewer in order to recruit soldiers for the U.S. Army during World War I, 1917-1918
Transfer of ammunition from standard-gauge railway to trench railway during the Battle of Passchendaele
Major General George W. Goethals and members of his staff, December 7, 1918. Front row, left to right: Mr. Gerard Swope, Major General George W. Goethals, Brigadier General Herbert Lord, Brigadier General William H. Rose. Back row, left to right: Edwin W. Fullam, Brigadier General Frank T. Hines, Brigadier General Robert E. Wood, Colonel F. B. Wells.
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He was the first Governor of Panama Canal Zone from 1914 to 1917, and was also the State Engineer of New Jersey and the Acting Quartermaster General of the United States Army.
