Canals

Probably to make a quicker route for ships.

They also needed to be able to have a place for ships to stop to fuel and for the crew to use the bathroom and get food to eat, you can't get fuel in the middle of the ocean!

The panama canal, The history of the Panama Canal goes back almost to the earliest explorers of the Americas. The narrow land bridge between North and South America offers a unique opportunity to create a water passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The earliest colonists of Central America recognized this potential, and schemes for such a canal were floated several times in the subsequent years.

By the late 19th century, technological advances and commercial pressure advanced to the point where construction started in earnest. An initial attempt by France to build a sea-level canal failed, but only after a great amount of excavation was carried out. This was of use to the United States, which completed the present Panama Canal in 1913 and officially opened it in 1914. Along the way, the state of Panama was created through its separation from Colombia in 1903.

Today, the canal continues to be not only a viable commercial venture, but also a vital link in world shipping.

== == Each year over 14,000 vessels pass through the Panama Canal.

The building of the Panama Canal was first started in 1881 by the French Government and due to a variety of problems ended unsuccessfully in 1889. The French failed because they tried to copy their success with the Suez Canal by building the Panama Canal at sea-level, but trying to cut a very deep trench through the Panamanian hills proved just too much. The builders themselves also suffered very severely from malaria and other diseases.

In 1903, Panama officially declared itself an independent country, giving the United States construction rights for the canal.

In February of 1904, the US Congress officially created the Panama Canal Zone.

The Panama Canal was built by the United States between 1904 and 1914 on territory leased from Panama. The American designers realized the cut would have to go over the hills, using locks replenished from upland rivers. Incidentally, although nominally at sea-level and through a low-lying desert plain, the Suez Canal does have locks, but only at its Northern end and to cope with tidal differences between the Mediterranean and Red Seas. After 10 years of extremely difficult conditions, primarily caused by disease, the US completed the Panama Canal on August 15, 1914.

Shipping traffic started using the canal from its unofficial opening on 15 August 1914, but it was officially opened by US president Woodrow Wilson on 12 July 1920.

the Panama Canal

well basicly the day panama came to existense was the day i was born (none of your bissness)

how many canals in spain

== == In the eastern part of China, from Beijing south to Hangzhou. It passes through the city of Tianjin and the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hebel, and Shandong.

In the book "The Path Between The Seas" they mention the amount of time that is considered saved by using the canal. It takes 12 hours from The Atlantic to the Pacific or reverse. The book states it saves 8000 miles. Time of travel is dependant on speed and distance. Let the math do the work.
you will actually save about fourteen-fifteen days.
You save 8-10 hours

Nasser never even went to Israel. Nasser was a military leader in the army of Egypt, who became president when the military overthrew the Egyptian monarchy. He was president of Egypt at the time of 1967 war against Israel and openly incited violence against the State of Israel.

To link collieries and transport coal to industrial towns like Salford and Manchester.They were later used for travel and trade.

Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt, decided on July 26, 1956 to nationalize the Suez Canal.

Made it possible to ship grain and other goods from southern or northern china

Canals were important to ancient egyptians because it was used for farming and soil.Soil was what let the egyptians farm.It also helped themfrom when there were floods.

On October 29, 1956, Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal after Egyptian president jamal Abdel Nasser (1918-70) nationalized the canal in July of that same year, initiating the Suez Crisis.

The Israelis soon were joined by French and British forces, which nearly brought the Soviet Union into the conflict, and damaged their relationships with the United States. In the end, the British, French and Israeli governments withdrew their troops in late 1956 and early 1957.

Aqueducts were invented for use in sophisticated irrigation systems, and to supply water to royal bath houses. Remember that ancient aqueducts were invented long before plumbing and pressurized water systems.

Roman-style aqueducts were used to carry water across a valley to their capital city, Nineveh.

In Persia, a system of underground aqueducts were constructed, a series of well-like vertical shafts, connected by gently sloping tunnels. This technique:

1. taps into subterranean water in a manner that delivers water to the surface without need for pumping. The water drains relying on gravity, with the destination lower than the source, which is typically an upland aquifer.

2. allows water to be transported long distances in hot dry climates without losing a large proportion of the source water to seepage and evaporation.

MODERN aqueducts also do exist. In the United States, they supply the country's biggest cities. For example, Los Angeles California has water supplied via the Colorado River Aqueduct, and the California Aqueduct. Aqueducts are also used for transportation purposes to allow canal barges to cross ravines or valleys. During the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century, aqueducts were constructed as part of the boom in canal-building.

At the time, Panama belonged to Colombia but was fighting for independence. When US officials struck a deal with Colombia for rights to the canal, their legislature refused to allow it. The US then approached the Panamanian rebels and offered their support in return for the rights to build and operate the canal. The rebels accepted the offer and the US ran operations to prevent Colombia from retaining control of Panama, leading to its independence.

Venice, Italy is probably best known for canals.

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Indeed it is - the city is on a shallow lagoon. Surprisingly perhaps, also Birmingham and its conurbation in the English Midlands, and often stated as having as much if not more miles of canals than Venice. These were cut in the 18-19C to provide freight transport routes, and much of the network survives though now used for pleasure-cruising.

France had already started the canal , was bogged down, and had sold out its interests. The other site proposed was Nicaragua. Apparently Roosevelt decided that Panama was the best place to built it.

Cargo ,Passenger,Oil everyone uses the Suez Canal.Look at a World Map and You will quickly see why the Suez and Panama Canals are so popular.You have a choice of using the Suez or taking a long and expensive trip, around the continent of Africa.Same for those using the Panama Canal.South America is one big continent .You should find Yourself a Rowboat and check out My answer for Yourself ,just so You know that I know what I,m talking about.Bon Voyage,Don,t forget Your lifejacket.

The world's longest canal tunnel is the Rove Tunnel in France. The Stad Ship Tunnel in Norway is shorter, wider, and deeper.

It is how people got around on water from 1790-1855 which was known as the age of canals.

The Faka Union Canal is approximately 8.5 miles (about 13.7 kilometers) long. It runs through the Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida, connecting the eastern and western parts of the preserve. The canal is primarily used for water management and ecological restoration efforts in the region.

Yes and No.

It's in Egypt and built nearly a century before Israel existed. However, due to Egypt's belligerence towards Israel between 1948-1979, the Suez Canal was illegally closed off to Israeli shipping. In 1956, this prompted a war from Israel to acquire control of the Canal to offset the Egyptian blockade of the Straits of Tiran. In 1967, Israel conquered all of the Sinai Peninsula up to the Suez Canal, which was only ceded back to Egypt in 1979.