It was $100 million at first then it dropped to $40 million and Congress then passed the Spooner Act in 1902.
The United States spent $350 million dollars to build the Panama Canal. Panama invested $10 million of their own money on this project. The US also made a payment to Colombia, from which Panama broke away from.
It took 600 million pounds of dynamite, and 4.5 million yards of concrete to build the Panama Canal.
The US did not acquire it or the land. The US leased the land from the newly established country of Panama, and the US built the canal with Panamanian assistance. Panama does and always has owned the canal.
$100 million, twice the original estimate 69 million
The US purchased the Panama Canal from France in 1903 for $40 million.
The cost was $100 million
The cost was $100 million.
The first Welland Canal cost 8 million dollars to build. The Welland Canal connected Lake Ontario to Lake Erie.
the US military back rebels who soon controlled independent panama.
To say "I took the canal zone and let congress debate"............NovaNET..................
They rejected the idea and refused the finance the project.