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| | Panama Railroad |
 | | Aspinwall and his associates, John L. Stephens and Henry Chauncey, secured a contract with Nueva Granada (later to be renamed, Colombia), for the construction of "Iron Road, across the Isthmus of Panama". |
 | | There was a inclusion in the contract that if after 20 years, Nueva Granada wanted, they could buy the railroad for $5,000,000, the amount was the same that was projected for the cost of the railroad, and the same as the initial stock offering. |
 | | Since the original one, allowed Nueva Granada to buy it after 20 years from the time it was completed for $5,000,000. |
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