The Panama Canal

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The Panama Canal

• Jeremy Johannsen
• Modern Latin American History

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Early Construction

• 1886, French begin to dig.
• Bankrupt
• Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
• Canal Zone

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U.S. Construction

• U.S. Constructing photo in 1904
• J.F.Wallace John F. Steven head the canal
  commision
• Workforce of 97 countries
• Gold Rush prevents U.S.

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Gatun Locks

• Water from Lake Gatun
• Allowing more than Seven hundred thousand ships
• Highest toll
• Rhapsody of the Seas
• Lowest toll
• Richard Halliburton 1928.

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Impossible

• The impossible feat.
• Technology
• Medical Advancements
• Mosquitoes
• Harsh jungle climate

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President Roosevelt

• The President
• The man behind the
• Panama Canal.

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S.S. Ancon

• The first ship to pass through the Panama Canal
• August 15, 1914

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Quick Facts

• Almost 51 miles in length
• Lock Chambers 110 x 1000 feet
• 46 gates
• More than 232,440,945 cubic yards removed.
• Costs reach 380million dollars.

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U.S. hands over canal

• December 31, 1999
• Omar Torrijos
• Ex- President Jimmy Carter

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A Great Wonder

• Discovery Channel
• Named it the Eighth Wonder of the World.
• Problems still occur
• January 8, 2001
• -August 19, 2000

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The Panama Canal Today
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Special Thanks

• Electric Library
• CNN.com
• For all the Photographs