The 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco and Panama Canal Model, Conference and Proceedings

The Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE)—a world's fair held in San Francisco between February 20 and December 4, 1915—attracted 18,876,438 attendees. Its purpose was to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal as well as an opportunity to showcase the San Francisco recovery from the 1906 earthquake. Panama Canal papers were published in the Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, September 20-25, 1915. The canal transactions had two volumes by Neal Publishing of San Francisco in 1916. Volume 1 presented papers 1-13 (527 pp.) and volume 2 contained papers 14-25 (483 pp.), totaling 1010 pp. All papers were written by Panama Canal engineers, employees, or consultants. This paper summarizes several papers and covers highlights of the PPIE (Planning, Construction, Exhibits, Buildings, Landscaping, Commemorations, etc.). Completed on time and on budget with large attendance, some people said the 1915 world's fair was the most successful ever held.