Panama canal

Panama CanalIntegrants: Arleene HerreraItzy EspinosaMadeleine MartínezRonald De LeónOliver GonzálezEdilma Barria

Panama Canal In 1534 a Spanish official suggested a canal route close to

that of the now present canal. Later, several other plans for a

canal were suggested, but no action was taken. The Spanish

government subsequently abandoned its interest in the canal.

Is a 77.1-kilometre (48 mi) ship canal in Panama that

connects the Atlantic Ocean (via the Caribbean Sea) to

the Pacific Ocean.

Operation of the Panama Canal

The canal makes the trip from the east coast to the west

coast of the U.S. much shorter than the route taken around

the tip of South America prior to 1914.

It takes approximately fifteen hours to traverse the canal

through its three sets of locks 

Panama Canal Expansion In September 2007 work began on a $5.2 billion project to

expand the Panama Canal. 

Expected to be complete in 2014, the Panama Canal

expansion project will allow ships double the size of current

Panamax to pass through the canal

Gatun Lake Artificially created in 1913 by the damming of the Chagres

River, Gatun Lake is an essential part of the Panama Canal

which forms a water passage between the Atlantic and

Pacific Oceans, permitting ship transit in both directions.

Constructing the Canal Construction on the canal was extremely difficult. The world

had never known such a feat of engineering. 

When Theodore Roosevelt visited the blast area, he became

the first sitting American President to travel outside the

country.

Who Built the Panama Canal? The Panama Canal was a marvel of engineering, built by the

United States under the guidance of Theodore Roosevelt.

The United States helped Panama gain its independence

from Colombia and in exchange they were given rights to the

canal zone.

Considerations The monetary cost of the Panama Canal was well over $350

million, which at the time was the most spent by a

government on any one project. it was the sheer force of

will of Teddy Roosevelt that built the Panama Canal.