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PANAMA CANAL TREATY
TRANSITION.... 1979-1999
Summary of Treaty
Transition Milestones
Military Property
Transfers to Panama
Treaty Impact on Military |
MILITARY
PROPERTY TRANSFERS (1979-1999) (continued)
| DATE |
PROPERTY
|
REMARKS |
| 1998/
Jan 16 |
Herrick
Heights Housing Area (Pacific
side on the upper slope of Ancon Hill above Gorgas Army Hospital)
 | 8.69 acres with 11 buildings
(including 19 family housing units).
| Built in late 1930s as housing
for hospital personnel; later was housing for senior
administrators and physicians at Gorgas Hospital.
| Adjusted book value:
$2,800,000. |
| |
 |
| Part of Herrick
Heights housing adjacent to Gorgas Hospital [Photo from
American
Legacy in Panama pamphlet] |
USE BY PANAMA:
Panamanian housing. (Current
President of Panama Martin Torrijos bought one of the houses
shortly after their transfer to Panama.)
|
Army
Property |
| 1998/
Jan 16 |
Ancon
communications tower
(Located
on the Pacific side on top of Ancon Hill).
Army communications plus Southern
Command Network (SCN) transmitter.
|
Army
Property |
| 1999/
Feb 15 |
Marine
Barracks
(Pacific side
adjacent to Rodman Naval Station)
281 acres with headquarters
building, 25 units of family housing, barracks building, part of
HOROKO golf course with club facilities.
Marine
Barracks
USE BY PANAMA:
National Maritime Service (a
component of the Public Security Forces under the Ministry of
Government and Justice) relocated to Marine Barracks from Flamenco
Island in 1998.
|
Navy
Property
Marine Barracks-
History
Marine Barracks-
New Use
|
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