panama canal

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)

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