Sub Marine Explorer, Located along the beach of Isla San Telmo, Pearl Islands, Isla San Telmo, Former Panama Canal Zone, CZ

Significance: Sub Marine Explorer is significant as one of only five known submarines dating to pre-1870 and as an example of early submarine technology. The submarine was, and remains, even as a ruin, an amazing technological and engineering achievement of the mid-nineteenth century.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1163

Survey number: HAER CZ-5

Building/structure dates: 1865-1867 Initial Construction

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1969 - 1980

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