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You guys are stupid
He is most responsible for beginning the canal's construction. His company (The New Panama Canal Company) began construction in 1878. Construction was halted though because of problems with engineering and disease. The canal was eventually sold to the US for $40 million. He is also responsible for the Suez Canal, by the way.
new machines and technologies were invented
First of all the US assisted Panama in their revolt against Colombia. It was only then that Panama agreed to let us build the canal. After that it was basically human labor and steam shovels which were a relatively new invention.
if ships wanted to get from New York to California they had to travel all around south America and now they don't cause the panama canal is basically a shortcut. the panama canal connects the Atlantic ocean to the pacific ocean.
Buffalo, New York flourished due to the construction of the Erie Canal that was completed in 1825.
Before air travel, the Panama Canal was the shortcut from New York City to San Francisco. Today it is still a shortcut if you are traveling by water.
They aren't necissarily making a "new panama canal," but they are expanding and adding onto the current one.
The United States, particularly under President Theodore Roosevelt, subtly encouraged Panama's independence from Colombia in 1903 to facilitate the construction of the Panama Canal. The U.S. government supported a revolution in Panama, believing that an independent Panama would be more amenable to granting the necessary lease for the canal. After Panama declared independence, the U.S. quickly recognized the new government and secured the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty, which granted the U.S. control over the canal zone.
newyork to sanfrancisco on the panama canal
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The Panama Canal shortened the boat trip between San Francisco and New York.