Panama Canal

newyork to sanfrancisco on the panama canal

the panamal canal has 46 gates

Design: Edward Leader Williams Construction: Thomas Walker, later John Aird.

Yes it is different because if it goes to another ocean then the water level will drop. No, the previous posted answer is incorrect. Ocean water level is the same anywhere. Sea level on the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are the same.

President Jimmy Carter. 1977

three main problems workers had while building the panama canal were engineering, sanitation, and organization

European countries scrambled to claim colonies in Africa in the period of 1876-1914 which corresponds to the period during which the panama canal was being built.

No, it is like river or canal that was man-made. It is 48 miles long and represents 5 percent of the worlds shipping. Boats travel on it.

Before the Panama canal was built it use to take about 14 days longer to cover the same distance effectively that the Panama canal covered, by going the long way around south america. So after it was built goods were able to be moved much quicker than before.

The telegraph made communication much faster. Before it you had to write letters and wait for it to arrive, now communication was speeded up and news traveled much faster, and more reliably. When both of these things were invented, efficiency was greatly increased, buisness demand went up and Capatalism prospered, the world has not been the same before or since...but for better or for worse??

Generally speaking, no. Michael Montagne

why America decided to take over panama

The Americans took over the Philippine's, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Guam, after the Spanish American war, which had no bases, these were Spanish Colonies, the last ones they had over almost 400 years, but the Monroe Doctrine, wanted America for the Americans, the ones who lived in the USA of course so they took these lands and made these countries part of the USA empire, as Panama was part of Colombia but since the Colombian Government did not allow the building of the Panama Canal, they invented a country that we now know as Panama, and of course that way the canal was built, as far as Hawaii is concerned they had trade with the Hawaiian king but when he wanted to raise the price of the Hawaiian goods the Americans took over.

That is the way of the brave and the free, yeah right.

The great French engineer supervised the building of the Suez canal. He tried but abandoned 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.

America wanted a canal in South America (more specifically, Panama) to make the trip around North America easier. Back then, they used ships as the primary source of transportation, and it was easier to build a canal in Panama then go ALL the way around South America.

Basically, it's there because Americans wanted the trip to be easier and less extensive.

Around the southern tip of south america! Adding thousands of miles and days or even weeks to the journey.

The French gave up because of many overwhelming technical difficulties and significant loss of life. There were many failures, because it is one of the most difficult engineering tasks ever attempted, both because of technical difficulties and the physical ravages of malaria and yellow fever. Spain began the idea of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama as early as 1534. The Spanish were followed by the Scottish in 1698, who also failed. In 1880, the French tried their hand at the project, but came to a screeching halt in 1893 after multiple technical failures and excessive equipment rusting because of the humid conditions. The loss of an estimated 22,000 workers during the eight-year French fiasco was the final straw and caused the French to drop the project.

The Panama Canal was so important in the development of South American economies, as well as all of Western civilization. The canal provided a trip cut in half to deliver and trade goods and services. This was a huge benefit to the Western world since its inauguration.

Ferdinand De Lesseps

what year did panama move from south America to north America

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Ever since the Panama Canal has been there (1913), Panama is located in both North and South America.

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The most widespread and dangerous disease was malaria.

the panamaians built protective walls to guard the mud.

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The Panama Canal replaced the longer and more treacherous route around the southern tip of South America, known as the Drake Passage or Cape Horn route. It significantly reduced travel time and costs for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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