The Panama CanalThe Panama Canal

Jeremy Johannsen

Modern Latin American History

Early ConstructionEarly Construction 1886, French begin to

dig. Bankrupt Hay-Bunau-Varilla

Treaty Canal Zone

U.S. ConstructionU.S. Construction

U.S. Constructing photo in 1904

J.F.Wallace & John F. Steven head the canal commision

Workforce of 97 countries

Gold Rush prevents U.S.

Gatun LocksGatun Locks

Water from Lake Gatun Allowing more than Seven

hundred thousand ships Highest toll

– “Rhapsody of the Seas”

Lowest toll– Richard Halliburton 1928.

Impossible Impossible

The impossible feat.– Technology– Medical

Advancements Mosquitoes Harsh jungle climate

President Roosevelt President Roosevelt

The President The man behind the

Panama Canal.

S.S. AnconS.S. Ancon

The first ship to pass through the Panama Canal

August 15, 1914

Quick FactsQuick FactsAlmost 51 miles in lengthLock Chambers 110 x 1000 feet46 gatesMore than 232,440,945 cubic yards

removed.Costs reach $380million dollars.

U.S. hands over canalU.S. hands over canal

December 31, 1999 Omar Torrijos Ex- President Jimmy

Carter

A Great WonderA Great Wonder Discovery Channel

– Named it the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Problems still occur– January 8, 2001

-August 19, 2000

The Panama Canal TodayThe Panama Canal Today

Special ThanksSpecial Thanks

*Electric Library

*CNN.com

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For all the Photographs