Cristóbal is a port town and corregimiento in Colón District , Colón Province , Panama . The corregimiento has a population of 49,422 as of 2010. The town is located on the western edge of Manzanillo Island, on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal . Cristóbal Colón is the Spanish translation for Christopher Columbus , the Genovese explorer for whom these places were named.
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62-468: A new Cristóbal elementary school was built in 1918 and Cristobal High School in 1933. This period coincided with the period of Colón 's greatest economic prosperity. During these years the port of Cristóbal employed almost 2,000 employees . The mid-1950s saw the greatest transformation of Cristobal. This change saw a drastic population shift of Cristobalites to new areas in Margarita and Coco Solo, and
93-512: A population of 2,101, and 489 of these were American. Just a year later the population had topped 4,000, a quarter of which were American. Construction of facilities for gold roll and silver roll employees (terms that respectively designated mostly white Americans and mostly West Indian laborers working on the construction of the Canal ) was underway and housing was expanded, though many bachelors and silver roll employees were housed in box cars given
124-703: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages HMS Sansovino (F162) HMS Sansovino was an infantry landing ship in service with the Royal Navy during the late stages of the Second World War . She was built in 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corporation , Wilmington , California , as the Cape Compass for the United States Maritime Commission (USMC). She
155-741: The Admiralty and commissioned as HMS Sansovino , under which name she served out the remainder of the war. Sansovino participated in Operation Zipper in September 1945. On 18 January 1946 she was in the Pacific when the Highland Brigade , carrying two thousand Indian troops , struck a mine off Singapore . The Sansovino , which was carrying troops of the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment from Soerabaja , came to
186-546: The Chinese Civil War . The ship was arrested as it had not been paid for. It was held by Dichman, Wright & Pugh awaiting disposal. Empire Cutlass re-entered the Reserve Fleet on 28 August 1950. On 21 December 1951, a recommendation was made that the ship be scrapped. She was reported to be slightly damaged, with repairs estimated at $ 35,000 and conversion costs estimated at $ 395,000. She remained in
217-768: The 1955 Treaty, five tracts of land totaling 48.5 acres (196,000 m ) in Cristóbal and all of New Cristóbal were transferred to the Republic of Panama. Cristóbal High School was moved from New Cristobal to Coco Solo, the Colon Hospital was moved from Colon Beach to an area south of Coco Solo and France Field, the Hotel Washington came under Panamanian jurisdiction, and the Panama Railroad stations in Cristóbal and Panama City were relocated. Many of
248-570: The American plan to build the Panama Canal. Much like the city of Colón (formerly Aspinwall) had been during the American construction of the Panama Railroad, Cristobal was the port of entry for construction equipment and materials, most canal workers, and supplies and provisions for them and their dependents. High priority was given to building up the town beyond the existing French and Panama Railroad facilities. By April 1906 Cristóbal had
279-704: The Canal Commission set up its provisional headquarters in Cristóbal. By then, the United States had purchased the French Canal enterprise's assets in Panama and had secured use and control of the Canal Zone "in perpetuity." The Panama Railroad's assets also came under Canal Zone control, and its facilities became part of the Canal Zone town of Cristóbal. Cristóbal was of vital importance to
310-450: The Canal Zone's Atlantic side civil administration center. A new residential section was built by expanding Cristobal along Colon Beach, through another massive landfill of northern Manzanillo Island's swamps. This new area came to be known as New Cristóbal. New Cristóbal's construction progressed from 1917 to 1938, and involved filling in swamp areas beyond Cristóbal which allowed the city of Colón to expand too. As part of this expansion,
341-643: The MoWT under the terms of lend lease shortly after being completed, and renamed Empire Cutlass . Her port of registry was London . The United Kingdom Official Number 169740 and Code Letters MYMG were allocated. Furness, Withy & Co . Empire Cutlass departed from Los Angeles, California , on her maiden voyage on 21 November 1943, sailing to Balboa , arriving on 1 December. She then sailed to Cristóbal , Panama , where she joined Convoy ZG 52, which arrived at Guantánamo Bay , Cuba on 14 December. She then joined Convoy GN 102, which departed from Guantanamo Bay
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#1732775491396372-486: The Normandy Landings, she had near misses from two torpedoes and suffered heavy shelling from Le Havre . Empire Cutlass lost eight of her sixteen LCAs. On 13 June, Empire Cutlass transported members of the 712th Railway Operating Battalion , Transportation Corps , United States Army to France. Although the ship arrived the next day, it was not until 16 June that the troops were able to disembark, due to
403-399: The Panama Canal and the former Canal Zone began to be transferred to the Republic of Panama. Many areas in Cristóbal were among the first to be transferred, as was the Panama Railroad which ceased to operate in the early 1980s due to lack of maintenance. Its population as of 1990 was 15,178; its population as of 2000 was 37,426. Cristóbal is now part of the city of Colón , though it is also
434-582: The Republic of Panama, became the most prestigious areas for Colón 's citizens and for executives of the Bahía Las Minas Refinery. Other former Panama Railroad areas eventually fell into decline in the 1970s and 1980s, along with most of the rest of the city of Colón. Starting in 1979, in compliance with the Torrijos-Carter Panama Canal Treaties of 1977, the Canal Zone was abolished and US control over
465-785: The Reserve Fleet on the James River. In 1960, she was sold to Taiwan , and was withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet on 27 July. Empire Cutlass was renamed Hai Ou , and entered service with the China Merchants Steam Navigation Co. , of Taiwan . On 8 March 1962, Hai Ou collided with the Japanese steamship Tomoshima Maru at Kobe . She sailed with them until 1970, when she was sold for breaking up, being scrapped at Kaohsiung , Taiwan by 15 October 1970. Crist%C3%B3bal, Col%C3%B3n What came to be known as "Old Cristóbal," and today consists of
496-595: The aid of the stricken Highland Brigade , and took 110 Indian troops off with her landing craft. The Highland Brigade was subsequently towed into Singapore. She was returned to the Ministry of War Transport in June 1946, which returned her to Furness, Withy & Co under her original name of Empire Cutlass . She was returned to the US Navy in 1947 and operated by the United States Maritime Commission . In 1947, she
527-399: The area which came to be known as Steamship Row. At around the same time the northwestern tip of Manzanillo Island was converted into an artillery post named Fort De Lesseps , so new residential housing areas for US employees were needed. This required new planning for Cristóbal which was designed primarily for port activity, as headquarters for shipping agencies, freight handlers, banks, and
558-611: The convoy at Invergordon , Ross-shire on 1 February. She was converted to a LSI (L) , carrying sixteen Landing Craft Assault (LCA) for the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944. On D-Day she carried the South Lancashire Regiment for Sword Beach . She carried 16 × LCA , 2 × LCVP , 1 × LCSM or 1 × LCM . She could carry 1,458 troops in addition to her complement of 250 officers and men. Armament consisted 1 × 4-inch gun, 1 × 12 pdr gun , 12 × 20mm guns . During
589-475: The lack of sufficient housing throughout the Canal Zone. Also that year, the former French and Panama Railroad hospitals were consolidated and refurbished. In 1907 the Cristóbal Women's Club was founded and fraternal orders for men, including Masonic and Elks lodges were active. Commissaries and clubhouses were built and very active. Construction of housing and facilities expanded northward. In 1913
620-548: The name of the district which encompasses the Atlantic Side portions of the former Panama Canal Zone . Modern-day Cristóbal, like much of the city of Colón, has been beset with problems of increased crime and needed maintenance. The architecture of much of what was once known as Steamship Row (the areas around Roosevelt Avenue, Terminal Street and Columbus Avenue) can still be appreciated, even if only for their historical significance. Other Cristóbal area landmarks such as
651-529: The next day and arrived at New York on 22 December. On 9 January 1944, Empire Cutlass departed from New York as a member of Convoy CU 11, which arrived at Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom on 20 January. She left the convoy at the Clyde , arriving that day. On 30 January, she departed form the Clyde for Loch Ewe , where she joined Convoy WN 539, which arrived at Methil , Fife on 2 February. She left
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#1732775491396682-595: The port of Cristóbal, was first built by the Panama Railroad Company in the 1850s at the time they dredged part of the 650 acres (2.6 km ) of virgin swamp on Manzanillo Island to build their headquarters and port of arrival for railway travelers. In the 1880s, the French Inter-Oceanic Canal Company arrived to find the port of Colón (then Aspinwall) just a few streets wide and long while the rest of Manzanillo Island
713-531: The present-day Hotel Washington was built on the site of a former Panama Railroad building known as the Washington House. Cristobalites eventually had their own commissary, post office, police, fire and railroad stations, churches, yacht club , YMCA , VFW , American Legion , several fraternal lodges and a masonic temple. After the Panama Canal's inauguration the port of Cristóbal's great piers were built and, shortly after, shipping companies moved into
744-523: The properties transferred as a result of the 1955 Treaty had been owned by the Panama Railroad for over 100 years. By the early 1960s, Cristóbal was almost exclusively a commercial and social area with few residents. Cristóbal was the target of anti-American protests throughout the early 1960s, and particularly after the Balboa "Flag Incident" in January 1964. New Cristóbal and Fort DeLesseps , now part of
775-479: The redefinition of territorial boundaries which reduced the extension of the Canal Zone on Manzanillo Island. These changes came about as a result of the construction of the town of Margarita, the 1955 bilateral treaty, and the US Navy's transfer of its Coco Solo Station to the Canal Zone government. Cristóbal's population in 1955 dropped to 562, and New Cristóbal's to 1,130. Starting in late 1957, in compliance with
806-462: The ship was laid up in the James River , Virginia . In 1960, she was sold to Taiwan and renamed Hai Ou , serving until 1970 when she was scrapped at Kaohsiung . The ship was built in 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corporation , Wilmington , California . She was 418 feet (127 m) long overall, 396 ft (121 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 50 ft (15 m). She
837-581: The weather. Later in June while in the Solent , a V-1 flying bomb brought down by her barrage balloon exploded on her starboard side. She continued to ferry troops from England to France after repairs. On 21 November she was damaged by an oyster mine off the Digne Light, Le Havre , France , but no casualties were reported. She was sent for repairs in Falmouth . In 1945 she was requisitioned by
868-460: Was assessed as 7,177 GRT , 11,650 DWT . The ship was powered by a geared steam turbine of 4,400 shp . This was supplied by two boilers and drove a single screw propeller. It could propel the ship at 14 knots (26 km/h). The ship was laid down at Cape Compass , but completed as Empire Cutlass . A Type C1-S-AY-1 ship, she was completed in November 1943. She was transferred to
899-519: Was returned to the USMC. On 8 October 1947, she was allocated to the Reserve Fleet and laid up in the James River , Virginia . In 1948, an attempt was made by China to purchase the ship, and she was renamed Hai Ou in preparation. Although Empire Cutlass was withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet on 29 April 1948 and delivered to Norfolk, Virginia , the sale fell through due to the outbreak of
930-508: Was still a swamp. They used soil from their canal excavation works to create a landfill on a coral reef adjacent to the Panama Railroad's area of Colon. This new landfill area, upon which the French built their facilities, was called Christophe Colombe , a name which was translated in Spanish as Cristóbal Colón . In 1904, after Panama's US-backed declaration of independence from Colombia ,
961-471: Was transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) on completion and renamed Empire Cutlass . In January 1945, she was requisitioned by the Royal Navy as HMS Sansovino , serving until June when she was returned to the MoWT, regaining her former name Empire Cutlass . In 1947, she was returned to the USMC. A proposed sale in 1948 to China fell through due to the outbreak of the Chinese Civil War and