the panama canal prese ntation
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The Panama CanalWater Transportation
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
In 1513 a Spanish military leader or conquistador discovered this stretch part of land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
U.S.A. and the railroad (1849)
Ferdinand M. Lesseps • Director of the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal.• In 1880 France began the excavations• In 1889 they stop the construction
John Frank Stevens• The United States continue with the construction in 1904.
• Stevens was the first Chief Engineer
Huge Steam Shovels
The Culebra cut
George Washington Goethals
Locks
Gates
Gatun Dam
Gatun Lake
Culebra cut
Wall to block the sand
Gatun Locks
Pedro Miguel Locks
Miraflores Locks
Madden Dam
http://www.acp.gob.pa/esp/general/howitworks/index.html
Panama possession (2000)
Works Cites
http://www.acp.gob.pa/esp/index.html
http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/julaug99/topten.htm
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