http://www.benhanna.com/2009/05/15/panama/ Adventures Around the Globe Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:15:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.benhanna.com/2009/05/15/panama/comment-page-1/#comment-717 lisajohnsongaffney Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:54:43 +0000 http://www.benhanna.com/blog/2009/05/15/panama/#comment-717 Enjoyed reading about your travels to Boca.... My grandfather was born there in 1906. My mother, grandfather(at age 94) and myself, flew from Atlanta to Panama City to Boca so that he could see his birthplace one last time. He was one of the last surviving original workers on the Panama Canal. He got paid as a boy to bring water to the workers. My great-grandfather was the chief train telegrapher while the canal was being built. My grandfather was adopted at age 12 my Charles Northrop. He directed the trains going in and out. While in Boca, we went out to see the homes built on stilts at the water's edge. He said the toilet in the homes were a hole in the floor. He also said, "No one ever swam in the water around the homes!" Thanks for your blog. If your dad is Paul Hanna, then I graduated from CCHS with him. Enjoyed reading about your travels to Boca…. My grandfather was born there in 1906. My mother, grandfather(at age 94) and myself, flew from Atlanta to Panama City to Boca so that he could see his birthplace one last time. He was one of the last surviving original workers on the Panama Canal. He got paid as a boy to bring water to the workers. My great-grandfather was the chief train telegrapher while the canal was being built. My grandfather was adopted at age 12 my Charles Northrop. He directed the trains going in and out. While in Boca, we went out to see the homes built on stilts at the water’s edge. He said the toilet in the homes were a hole in the floor. He also said, “No one ever swam in the water around the homes!” Thanks for your blog. If your dad is Paul Hanna, then I graduated from CCHS with him.

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