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Panama Canal
A ship canal crossing the Isthmus of Panama in the Canal Zone and connecting the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean.
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What is the location of the panama canal on a map?
Panama lies at the very southern tip of Central America. This country connects the continents of North America and South America.
What are the similarities between the panama canal and the ballard locks?
What are the similarties between the panama canal and the ballard locks
What is the world's longest canal tunnel?
The world's longest canal tunnel is the Rove Tunnel in France. The Stad Ship Tunnel in Norway is shorter, wider, and deeper.
Which Central American country has the Panama Canal and why was it built?
Panama currently has Panama canal. It was built to save time to ship things faster. Which was much more convenient than sailing all around South America just to ship something to Asia.
Why did President Roosevelt support Panama's independence from Colombia?
to make a short cut from east coast to west coast
Who was President when you gave back the Panama Canal?
The Treaty to transfer the Canal was done by Jimmy Carter, but Bill Clinton was President on the date the Canal was transferred.
Bob McMillan
Do ships traveling from the UK to China go through the Panama Canal or around Africa?
I believe that they go through the Mediterranean Sea, considering the Panama Canal is in South America. They would go through Achilles Pass, which is the spot where Spain and Africa meet, go through the Mediterranean, end up in either Syria or Turkey, and then would be on land and could travel through Eastern Europe to Asia. If that was not the case and they were to take a water course only, then yes, they would go around Africa.
Where is the Panama City Centennial Committee Inc in Panama City Florida located?
The address of the Panama City Centennial Committee Inc is: 2515 Frankford Ave, Panama City, FL 32405-2828
Why might part of north America be straight and oters crooked?
I think you are refering to state and county borders. When the east coast was settled, boundries were determined naturally by geophysical barriers like rivers, mountains, and, of course, the ocean. The west was divided into territories by people who had never been there. They just said, Kansas lies between these two parrallels and extends from Missouri to the Continental Divide (Yes, if we had waited until settlement had progressed a bit further before petitioning for statehood, Denver would be in Kansas!)
What geographic feature made building the central pacific difficult?
The crews of men went through vast areas of remote lands and mountains, so they had to deal with heat as well as snow. It was hard work.
Why did many Europeans feel that the Main-Danube Canal was an important project?
Because it was making trade via water more available to other parts of Europe... Or from the North Sea to the Black Sea...
World Geography Textbook from Glencoe
"Each year ships and barges carry millions of tons of cargo on the Danube River. In 1992 the Main (MYN) River, a tributary of the Rhine, became connected to the Danube when the Main-Danube Canal was completed, thereby linking the North Sea with the Black Sea."
Who used canals and what are canals?
Canals are man made water ways used in different ways in Holland, or more accurately, Netherlands. They were dug around a lake, a dyke was build in between and the water out of the lake was pumped into the canal. The reclaimed land from the lake is then known as a "polder". The canals are usually linked up with other waterways and canals and pump houses can the regulate the water levels.
Canals are also used for irrigation for the reclaimed land and a way of transport, as the produce could easily be transported with a "praam" (flat boat). They are also great for ice skating in winter and as most canals are connected with other water ways, you can easily cover 20 to 200-km on your skates.
Hope that answered your question.
From a Dutch "polder girl"
Where were the workers from who built the canal?
Many men came for west indies primarily because both the men from France and men from America were afraid of catching Yellow Fever.
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.
What dangers did the workers face during building the Panama Canal?
There were normal dangers of construction. They had heavy machinery moving about, the danger of large mud and dirt slides caving in on them. One big difficulty was malaria. Many workers died of yellow fever.
Reference the book The Panama Canal written by Fredric J Haskin 1913. This book mentions all key players of the project and all other tangibles related to the construction the canal.
