What Is the Panama Canal? (What Was?)

Type

Book

Authors

Janet Pascal

Tags

Central & South America, 1900s, Heavy Machinery, Construction Vehicles, How Things Work, Cars, Trains & Things That Go

Description

Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the world’s most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal! - from Amzon

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