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Harold Parfitt - Panama Canal - died in 2006.
It is estimated that around 10,000 workers died during the construction of the Panama Canal.
During the building of the Panama Canal, workers had to go through attacks of mosquitoes and malaria.
how did yellow fever play a role in the Panama Canal
about 25,000 people
It is estimated that around 27 500 workers died in the construction of the Panama Canal. The Bubonic plague accounted for some of them, but malaria and yellow fever were far more prevalent, and killed considerably more workers.
There were normal dangers of construction. They had heavy machinery moving about, the danger of large mud and dirt slides caving in on them. One big difficulty was malaria. Many workers died of yellow fever.
100,000 people died building the Grand Canal of China.
alot of guys died and face planted
The french started the canal but the workers died of disease and it was costing the french to much money so the Americans ended up taking over and finishing the canal.