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What did the Erie canal use to build the canal?
To build the Erie Canal, they used mules, horses and thousands of Irishmen with shovels and wheelbarrows. Benjamin Wright was the chief engineer. Wright and his men invented the stump puller and adapted a plow to cut brush.
How many jobs did the panama canal create?
Over 45,000 men who were recruited and brought to the Isthmus under contract to help build the Panama Canal.
What did they use to build the Erie Canal?
To build the Erie Canal, they used mules, horses and thousands of Irishmen with shovels and wheelbarrows. Benjamin Wright was the chief engineer. Wright and his men invented the stump puller and adapted a plow to cut brush.
Did people who worked in the panama canal take a shower?
No when the Panama Canal was built many men working on this would use either river water or water provided to themselves to sponge themselves. Also, men would also bathe in the safe parts of the Panama River
What diseases killed most of the men who worked on the Panama Canal?
Malaria and Yellow fever
Was the Erie canal man made?
Yes, the Erie canal was built between July 4, 1817 and October 26, 1825 as part of the New York State Canal System. At the time it was built roads were unpaved and usually unusable in bad weather and railroads did not yet exist, canals were built to provide reasonably efficient and reliable transportation for bulk goods to their markets.
How many men did it take to build the Suez Canal?
it was estimated that 30,000 men were working on the canal at any one time
How did the mosquitoes impact the Panama Canal?
because the men were bitten and killed from the mosquitoes carrying Malaria.
How many workers did it take to build the Panama Canal?
The Panama Canal was originall a French project started in 1881, and then stopped due to complications, the company sponsering it going bankrupt in 1889. Another French company acquired the project in 1894, and was ultimately acquired by the United States in 1904. The project was completed in 1914. It took 10 years (1 decade) to finish the canal in its entirety.
Who were the hoggees?
Hoggees were men, women and children who used horses and mules to pull boats along the Erie Canal.
Building the Panama Canal what difficulty did the men face?
Mostly fighting Mosquitoes which resulted in many suffering and dieing from Malaria
What are facts about de witt Clinton?
DeWitt Clinton thought of the Eire Canal and got 1,000 men to build the Eire Canal
