because of all the disease infested insects
The location of the canal made it difficult to build because of its distance from the countries buliding it.
Panama Canal
I did not begin building the panama canal, and I did not finish it either.
Theodore Roosevelt worked with Colombia for the opportunity of building a canal in Panama.
There were at least 100 lives lost building the Panama canal.
No, while France began the work they found it too expensive and difficult so they abandoned it. The US eventually took over and completed the building of the Panama Canal.
1914
William B. Van Ingen is credited with painting the murals in the Panama Canal Building.
malaria.
After ten years of construction, the Panama Canal was completed in 1914.
If the question is what President oversaw the construction of the Panama Canal, it would be Theodore Roosevelt.
1,000,000 at least