David du Bose Gaillard (1859-1913) was a U.S. Army engineer instrumental in the construction of the Panama Canal. A canal tug, making its way down to the Caribbean end of the canal, waits to be joined by a ship in the uppermost chamber of the Gatun Locks. ...
Gaillard graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1884. In 1907 he was placed in charge of construction of the central portion of the Canal, crossing the continental divide. He died of a brain tumor in 1913, months before the canal's completion. The Gaillard Cut of the Panama Canal bears his name. The United States Military Academy, also known as West Point, or simply USMA or Army is a U.S. service academy and Army fort. ... The Gaillard Cut, or Culebra Cut, is a man-made valley cutting through the continental divide in Panama. ...
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