Journey Through The Panama Canal
Published on Nov 23, 2015
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The Panama Canal is a canal used to transport ships to higher waters so they don't have to spend a month going around South America . The ship goes through a process together to the other side . It's located in Panama and connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
The builders of Panama Canal feared Great Britain would build an isthmian canal and use it for national advantage.
In the 1850 the United States and Great Britain agreed to the CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY of 1850. A half century later, the United States wanted to make of no use or cancel out this deal.
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Selecting Panama
By selecting Panama for the new canal they needed a small land mass to cut through so it would get the job done faster. Also Panama was also big enough to be split into two.
Major events
1513-a Spanish explorer, Vasco Balboa, discovered that a thin isthmus of land is all that separates the Pacific from the Atlantic, raising the first discussion of the canal. In 1889-his business went bankrupt. Also the Panama Canal is opened under U.S. sovereignty.
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How many ships pass through?
More than 1,400 ships pass through the canal in a year. But about 30 ships pass through everyday. About 60 million tons of cargo is transported through the canal every year.
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Later Developments
By the 1990's, water supply would be an issue for the canal. This prompted t he building of the Madam Dam across the Chagres River above Guatan Lake. In 1939, construction began on a further major improvement. A large set of lock for larger ships was built in.
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Machinery They Used
Some people were Panamanian and they dug with shovels and other with heavy duty machinery made for digging . It has also been heard that some people used dynamite.
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PANAMA FUN FACTS
- More than four and a half million cubic yards of concrete went into the construction.
- The lock of the Panama Canal are seven feet thick.
- On February 29, 1968 was the most transits on a single day with ana mount of 65 ships crossing.
- About 7,300 or about 92% of the force work was Panamanian.
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