Canals

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Egypt had too much debt that they could not pay back. apex

British Prime Minister Disreali bought enough shares to gain controlling interest in the canal

Sault Ste Marie is a city in the Province of Ontario, Canada and in the US State of Michigan.

the outbreak of malaria caused the French to quit building. the united states then took over and got rid of the malaria by getting rid of the mosquitoes. this they did by removing all standing water.

yes!

It's really cool! Basically, most of it is too narrow and shallow for a ship to go through, so it's got chambers all along it that end up making a sort of staircase. As the ship goes along, water will fill up the chamber it's in until it is high enough to enter the next chamber. This process takes a while (8-10 hours to get across 50 miles), but it's still pretty awesome.

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It's too narrow for the largest ships now, but the first statement is otherwise wrong. The chambers you describe have a proper name: "locks", and although as you say a 'sort of staircase', they do not work quite as you've described them. They are filled from rivers, and enable the canal to climb over the ridge forming the bulk of the isthmus. (The original attempt to keep the canal at sea-level failed as the ridge is too high.)

The French were the first to try and build a canal across South America, starting in 1882. Before they could start work, they needed to secure a concession from the Columbian government, which controlled Panama at that time. However, their project failed, thousands of workers died (mainly from disease,) and the company went bankrupt six years later, in 1888. A Frenchman named Philippe Bunau-Varilla managed to keep the effort from collapsing entirely, and looked for another party to take up the concession. The United States, which was also interested in building a canal, negotiated to buy the concession from the French. However, Columbia refused the sale.

Meanwhile, nationalism was stirring in Panama. An agreement was made with the US government that if the US would help Panama gain their independence, they would allow the canal to be built. In 1903, Panama became its own country, and the United States immediately recognized the new government. Columbia sent troops to reclaim Panama, but US warships prevented them from landing.

After the United States helped Panama win its independence, a treaty was immediately negotiated to allow the US to build a canal. The treaty granted considerably more to the US then the failed agreement with Columbia had, including rights to use military within Panama and US control of the Canal Zone in perpetuity. In essence, the Canal Zone would be part of the US in all but name. However, the man who signed for the Panamanians, the Frenchman Bunau-Varilla, was not part of the official delegation from the new Panamanian government, and some Panamanians felt that the rights granted to the US in the treaty were excessive.

The Suez Canal Authority. They are an Egyptian state owned entity.

they made a $300 million bridge to unit the two vast oceans which officially opened in 1914.

The Egyptians

They helped people to transport goods quickly and efficiently.

The Allies victory defending the Suez Canal was very significant. It allowed the supply routes to remain open. This was especially important for the Allies when it came to oil flowing from the mid-east. If this supply fell into Hitler's hands, the war would have gone on much longer, and possibly been lost by the Allies.

The Welland Canal.

It provides a direct route between the Mediterranean and Red Sea.

The Lachine Canal passes through the southwest part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec and runs from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis.

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.

Gatun Lake, and the channel called the Culebra Cut to its south, are the highest water-level points on the Panama Canal, being 26 meters (85 feet) above mean sea level.

There are hilltops that reach a few hundred feet higher than the canal itself, and the Centennial Bridge, near the Pacific end, has towers that are 604 feet high.

canals were made around 2332 bc

1. No, it is located on the isthmus of Panama where the Americans built the Panama canal. The "canal zone'' was referred to as the land the Americans got through the land treaty with the Panamanians.

The manmade Panama Canal is a sea-level central passage that crosses the Continental Divide. The Continental Divide certainly made the Panama Canal more difficult to build, as engineers had to blast through large sections of basalt rock wall to finish the project. When finished, the canal created a profitable shipping lane that allowed container ships to move through the Continental Divide without circumventing South America.

The Mediterranean and the Red Sea

a continuued u.s presence would guarantee peace in the area

There were many engineers involved. At the end of the project there were difficult problems. The President of the US ordered my great uncle Mr. Gaillard of South Carolina to complete the panama canal and this is now known as the Gaillard cut.