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panama canal

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

panama canal

BY CARRIE JONES
Photo by kishrieves

HOW IT BEGAN

  • interests in both caribbean and the pacific the u.s. wanted to cut a path between the seas
  • traveling around south America took weeks
  • the u.s. wanted to dig a canal across central america.
  • Work on the canal began in 1904

who all made the canal

  • 1880's french company began building the canal
  • ferdinand de lesseps , who built suez canal
  • after 10 years and loss of some 20,000 lives and more than $280 million , the french abandoned the effort

length of panama canal

  • length 48 miles (77km)
Photo by dsasso

FLAG OF PANAMA

  • Was adopted in 1903
  • its blue star stands for honesty and purity.the flags red star symbolizes authorty and law .

FACTS

  • The Panama Canal cost the United States around $375,000,000
  • 5'609 workers died from disease and accidents during the American construction ere