Why Build The Panama Canal?

The beginning thought of The Panama Canal making and making passageway began back in 1534 when Spain had originally had the idea of building a canal. In Central America the Panama Canal was created to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean making a passageway through Panama. The Panama Canal was part of the Seven Wonders of the World which is 50 miles long and a man-made waterway which exceeded any countries capacity, it took much inspiration and humanity to have the idea put into play. With the technology and science engineering that had to be put into place it was something that astonished the world. The Panama Canal was chosen to be the passageway because they have the narrowest landmass between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.
The French were the first people to try to build the canal. It took almost 10 years and billions of dollars spent before the French finally gave up. When the French first stepped up to build the canal many people predicted it could not be done. But hundreds of Americans living among the canal were eager to be a part of the building and wanted to be known
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