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What was the name of the french engineer that built the Suez canal and started the panama canal?
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∙ 11y ago
A French engineer by the name of de Lesseps
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∙ 10y agoFerdinand de Lesseps, he a started the project for France 1859-1869, but never finished it drove him insane. However, he did engineer and completed the Suez Canal in Egypt.
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∙ 10y agoGeorg W. Goethals
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∙ 15y agode lesseps
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Who made the first attempt to build the panama canal?
French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps who successfully built the Suez Canal
What country built the Panama Canal?
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.
Who started to built the Panama Canal?
FRANCE daaa everybody knows that
When was the Panama Canal build?
The French tried to build it in 1884. The u.s. built it in 1904
Who was the French engineer that supervised the Suez Canal being built?
Ferdinand de Lesseps
What is 'Eiffel Tower' in French?
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What was built in panama in the early 1900s?
The Panama Canal was built in Panama in the early 1900's
Who built the canal of panama?
United States built the Panama Canal.
Whom was the Panama Canal built?
It was first built by the French but after 10 years they were unsuccessful. so then the U.S. stepped in and finished it by August 15, 1914.
Who built the panama second?
I think the panama was built second by the same person
Who built the Eiffel Tower and why?
Gustave Eiffel, a French engineer specialising in metallic structures, designed it. It was built as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair.
