tropical diseases
Panama Canal
I did not begin building the panama canal, and I did not finish it either.
Theodore Roosevelt worked with Colombia for the opportunity of building a canal in Panama.
There were at least 100 lives lost building the Panama canal.
1914
William B. Van Ingen is credited with painting the murals in the Panama Canal Building.
James Bryce
malaria.
After ten years of construction, the Panama Canal was completed in 1914.
The Isthmus and Panama Canal.
The challenge of building the Panama Canal was tremendous. Perhaps the major problem facing the builders were the disease carrying mosquitos.
If the question is what President oversaw the construction of the Panama Canal, it would be Theodore Roosevelt.