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PANAMA CANALBy: Mark
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Earlier Efforts
• Alessandro Malaspina attempted to create a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
• He failed, and to make things worse, he lost about 22,000 men from dieses and other dangers.
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Later Efforts
• The later building of the Panama Canal started in 1904.
• This was a extremely hard and dangerous job.
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How the Locks Work
• The canal has two sets of locks.• The locks raise or lower allowing
boats to pass through the isthmus.
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Locks
• These locks are huge and are extremely strong to keep the water back.
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Building Expenses
• The U.S spent over $40,000,000 on equipment and excavations.
• The total cost when it was finished was over $400,000,000.
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Rivers and Lakes
• The canal doesn't only consist of locks it also consist of a river and a lake.
• Extremely large ships can pass through the canal. There are very few ships that can’t.
• This is the U.S.S New Jersey.
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Why Panama?
• The U.S.A chose Panama because of it’s very narrow isthmus..
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Completion
• The Panama canal was completed in 1914. The death toll was lower than early efforts, about 5,609 workers.
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Canal Zone• There is a 10 mile stretch of land that is known as the Canal Zone.
• This land was owned by the U.S from 1903-1979
• Presently, it is in control by the Panamanian government.
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Inside the Zone
• The Canal Zone has every thing needed to live like hospitals and even a collage.
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An Amazing Accomplishment
• The Panama Canal will always be one of man’s most amazing structures.