The first chief engineer of the Panama Canal project, John Findley Wallace, resigned in frustration after only a year on the isthmus. His replacement, John Stevens, lasted just 20 months ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 22. -- President Mellen of the New Haven Road this afternoon admitted that John F. Stevens, ex-Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal, had been engaged by the New Haven Road.

He was called "the Genius of the Panama Canal." But Goethals felt unworthy of this title, saying that his predecessor, John F. Stevens, truly deserved it. John Stevens was appointed chief engineer ...

A canal across Panama would save incalculable miles and ... The arrival of Wallace's replacement, the rugged and ingenious John Stevens, marked a turn in fortunes for the beleaguered canal.

The canal allows a direct line of transportation ... July 26, 1905: The Stevens Years New Chief Engineer John Stevens arrives in Panama stressing the importance of satisfactory accommodations ...

The canal's celebrated chief engineer, John Stevens, had not even been hired. Then, due to the earthquake 1906, San Franciscans had to delay their grand plans for what was to become the Panama ...