Red Tank, Panama
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Red Tank was a township in the Panama Canal Zone
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It was abandoned at some time during the 1940s or 1950s, and vegetation was allowed to overgrow the site. The beginnings of this townsite are hazy. A 1904 timetable for the Panama Railroad shows a stop called Pedro Miguel Tank, five-tenths of a mile south of Pedro Miguel proper. Old timers recall there was a big water tank, painted with red lead, on a hill behind what later became the town. From this undoubtedly came the name of Red Tank, a local-rate community. The last of these residents were moved out to La Boca in November 1953.
Panama Canal Zone
The Panama Canal Zone was a unorganized U.S. territory located within the Republic of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending 5 miles on each side of the centerline, but excluding Panama City and Colón, which otherwise would have been partly within the limits of...
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It was abandoned at some time during the 1940s or 1950s, and vegetation was allowed to overgrow the site. The beginnings of this townsite are hazy. A 1904 timetable for the Panama Railroad shows a stop called Pedro Miguel Tank, five-tenths of a mile south of Pedro Miguel proper. Old timers recall there was a big water tank, painted with red lead, on a hill behind what later became the town. From this undoubtedly came the name of Red Tank, a local-rate community. The last of these residents were moved out to La Boca in November 1953.