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the panamal canal has 46 gates
The Panama Canal workers suffered from deadly endemic diseases. These were known as yellow fever and malaria. These diseases practically disabled many and killed at least 20k workers in the 1880's.
he reduced the yellow fever and malaria that killed many workers building the canal.
No workers were killed during the construction of the Space Needle
Canal and railway workers can go by many names including, conductors, and engineers.Ê As a union, they are often part of the Teamsters Union. Ê
The primary workers on the Panama Canal were laborers from the Caribbean, particularly from countries like Barbados, Jamaica, and Martinique. Many of these workers were brought to Panama by the French and later the US to help with the construction of the canal. Indigenous people from Panama were also employed on the project.
Approximately 120,000 workers died during the construction of the Suez Canal.
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Many were killed after they surrendered.
11 workers were killed in the 1979 Ixtoc oil spill.
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Malaria killed many workers on the Panama Canal. However, when Dr William Gorgas discovered that mosquitoes transmitted malaria and yellow fever, he was assigned the task of eliminating this threat for worker through fumigation of mosquito infested areas.