Canals

It saved shippers from traveling another 8000miles around the southern tip of Africa!

The Suez Canal (1859-1869) was substantially easier. Suez mainly required the bulk removal of rock and dirt, with comparatively few fresh water sources or vegetation to account for. Although the desert was hot and dry in Egypt, the humid tropical heat of Panama proved equally difficult for workmen. There was also the additional threat of malaria carried by mosquitoes.

The largest difference was that Panama (1904-1914) could not feasibly be built at sea level, as there is also a substantial difference in the ocean height (sea level) between the Pacific and the Caribbean. This, and the height of the terrain, required locks and elevated channels. The tropical rains would often trigger mudslides in the mountainous terrain.

the answer is Theodore Roosevlet

1995

The world's longest canal that is also a tunnel is the Rove tunnel located in France. It was built in 1974. The longest tunnel in the world is a railroad tunnel that is 35 miles long through the Swiss Alps.

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dey used animal skin & bones as well as human's

The Suez Canal goes through some Egyptian cities: Suez, Ismaelia and Port Said.

if ships wanted to get from New York to California they had to travel all around south America and now they don't cause the panama canal is basically a shortcut. the panama canal connects the Atlantic ocean to the pacific ocean.

William Love started to build the canal in the 1890's. The public did not notice that Hooker Chemical company was dumping harmful chemicals in the site. Hooker stopped dumping wastes in the 1950's. Hope this kind of helped, it is still continuing today(By the way). There is still hazardous waste in the site.

Over 2.4 million Egyptian workers were involved in the digging of the Suez Canal; over 125,000 lost their lives during the construction.

Panama was a part of Columbia. The US fomented a revolt in Panama, then signed a treaty with the new state of Panama. This was around 1902 (maybe not exact). Panama signed over the canal zone to the USA, and the USA built the system of locks, canals, and lakes that is called the Panama Canal.

The Panama canal was not "discovered". It was started by Teddy Roosevelt in 1906 and cost over 300 million. The US Army Corps of Engineers directed most of the construction which involved the excavation of 240 million cubic yards of earth. It is 40 miles in length and opened to shipping in August 1914. The US paid Colombia 25 million as a redress for the loss of Panama.

Some hardships people building the Panama Canal faced were: - Trying to dig through jungle and mountains - Explosive diarrhea, caused by tropical diseases. - Attacking wombats (which is REALLY odd, because they don't originate from Panama) - Count Choculitis. - Hematite: the world's newest STD. - Oral Aquification: a rare, horrendous disease where the victim's teeth dissolve into an acidy liquid and drain down the backs of their throats. - Alcoholism. - Yellow fever. - Malaria.

Built by the French-owned Suez Canal Co. under the supervision of Ferdinand de Lesseps

The Suez Canal was first built over 2,000 years ago. In 1859, the Suez Canal was built again, by the Universal Suez Ship Canal Company, and took 10 years to build. The first ship to pass through the canal did so on 17 February 1867; Giuseppe Verdi wrote the famous opera Aida for this ceremony. The canal made is possible to easily transport goods across the world. The canal also allowed Europeans to travel to East Africa, and this area was soon controlled by European powers. The success of the canal encouraged the French to start building the Panama Canal. After the Six Day War in 1967, the canal remained closed until June 5, 1975. A UN peacekeeping force has been stationed in the Sinai Peninsula since 1974, to avoid more wars. About 15,000 ships pass through the canal each year, which is about 14% of world shipping. Each ship takes up to 16 hours to cross the canal. Retrieved from "http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal"

In the making of the Suez canal about 120,000 Egyptains died....... that's all i know ^-^

The Panama Canal is a split of North and South America, so whenever goods are transported by water, they just pass through the Panama Canal instead of going all the way around South America. It helps take less time to transport goods.

A factory owner on the east coast of the United States who wants to sell products to China.

The purpose of the Panama canal is to connect the Pacific ocean to the Atlantic ocean. Without it ships would have to round South America to make that journey, so the canal saves a lot of time.

The canal was closed from 1967 to 1975 due to hostilities between Egypt and Israel.

119 miles

3 Inches, 5 tops.

Sigan Tunnel in Japan ( between two islands).

In 1902 Columbia controlled the area and President Roosevelt used some diplomacy to get some wealthy residence to declare independence and promise military support. Panama became a country in 1903 and a treaty was signed giving the US control of the land to build the project.

The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. This meant that shipping could pass between the two oceans without risking the atrocious weather often found when passing Cape Horn, South America.

It connected the Pacific ocean and the Caribbean sea