United States. Panama Canal. Department of Operation and Maintenance

The organization of The Panama Canal on the Isthmus as in effect during fiscal year 1950, but to be superseded on July 1, 1950, by a revised organization, embraced five principal departments, namely, Operations and Maintenances…On January 1, 1950, the President of the United States issued Executive Order No. 10101 (amending Executive Order No. 9746 of July 1, 1946) which delegated to the Governor of the Panama Canal authority to determine the internal organization of the Panama Canal….directed that the organization of the Panama Canal-Panama Railroad company be revised effective July 1, and set forth in coordinated outline the functions and responsibilities of the principal units of the two organizations. The revised organization consists of the following: [no Department of Operation and Maintenance]

January 27, 1914 issuing reorganization order (Executive Order 1885), which bore the title "To Establish a Permanent Organization for The Panama Canal." There shall be a Department of Operation and Maintenance under the immediate supervision and direction of the Governor of the Panama Canal. This Department shall be charged with the construction of the Canal and with its operation and maintenance when completed, including all matters relating to traffic of the Canal and its adjuncts, and the operation and maintenance of beacons, lights and lighthouses; the supervision of ports and waterways, including pilotage; the admeasuring and inspecting of vessels, including hulls and boilers; the operation and maintenance of the Panama Railroad upon the Isthmus, including telephone and telegraph systems; the operation of locks, coaling plants, shops, dry-docks and wharves; office engineering, including meteorology and hydrography; the construction of buildings and sanitary and municipal engineering, including the construction and maintenance of drainage ditches, streets, roads and bridges. Outline of Organization The Panama Canal October 1, 1925: Department of Operation and Maintenance