Building the Panama Canal

Building the Panama Canal book cover — com abdopublishing Publishing Abdo of Imprint An Sandcastle Super ENGINEERING MARVELS BUILDING THE PANAMA CANAL KELLY DOUDNA Consulting Editor Diane Craig M A Reading Specialist

Building the Panama Canal — page 1 — PLANNING THE CANAL WHAT IS A CANAL A canal is a water channel People build canals Ships travel through them The Panama Canal is famous It connects two oceans They are the Atlantic and the Pacific This canal makes it easier to ship goods around the world

Building the Panama Canal — page 2 — ATLANTIC OCEAN CARIBBEAN SEA THE PANAMA CANAL PANAMA CANAL COSTA RICA PANAMA CANAL PANAMA GULF OF PANAMA COLOMBIA PACIFIC OCEAN LOCATION Panama BUILDING STARTED June 28 1904 BUILDING COMPLETED August 15 1914 CHIEF ENGINEERS John Findlay Wallace chief engineer from 1904 to 1905 John Frank Stevens chief engineer from 1905 to 1907 George Washington Goethals chief engineer from 1907 to 1914 LENGTH 50 miles 80 km

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