Town of Red Tank

Red Tank was a settlement in the Panama Canal Zone just east of Pedro Miguel on north side of Highway 852 (Omar Torrijos Herrera Ave.) and east bank of Rio Pedro Miguel. The first quarters were constructed at the site in 1916 for employees of the canal, and in that year the census reported 242 people living at the site. In 1917 more quarters and a hospital ward were erected at the site.

By 1925 the population of the site had increased to 1,672. The settlement greatly increased in population in the years immediately preceding and just after world war two. A major fire on February 23, 1945 burned down the townsite clubhouse.  After the fire, club house facilities were provided in an old school building.

By 1954, all of Red Tank residents were relocate to the silver towns of Paraiso and LaBoca and the town of Red Tank ceased to exist.  It later became a teak plantation.

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