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The World’s Most Important Shortcut The Panama Canal The World’s Most Important Shortcut Image Courtesy of: http://www.boyds.org/images/canal_aerial.jpg

Where is Panama? Maps Courtesy of: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/americas_pol96.jpg

What is an isthmus? Panama is an isthmus. An isthmus is a narrow strip of land which has water on each side and connects two larger bodies of land. Courtesy of: http://www.1uptravel.com/worldmaps/maps/pm-map.jpg

What is a canal? An area of water that is dug across land. Canals connect bodies of water so that ships can travel between them.

The 1800’s France is the first country to try to build a canal across Panama.

Building the Canal The next few pictures show what the area looked like when the French started building the canal.

Image Courtesy of: http://www. anu. edu

Courtesy of: http://www.canalmuseum.com/photos/panamacanalphoto002.htm

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The French Give Up 1881 A French company begins construction on the canal. After eight years France gives up on the project. Over 20,000 construction workers died working on the project for France and the company trying to build the canal goes bankrupt.

The United States 1904 The United States begins working on the Canal 1914 The canal is completed 1977 The United States signs a treaty with Panama and agrees to give Panama control of the canal in 1999

Why was it so important to build a canal? It is 1904. Theodore Roosevelt is president, and the United States is fast becoming one of the most powerful nations in the world. Such recent inventions as the telephone and the automobile make the 3,000 mile wide country seem a lot smaller.

Building a canal would make it much easier to travel from New York to California. It would also make it easier to trade between Europe and California.

President Roosevelt knows that building a canal will help to expand trade and help the US militarily. It will be easier to move warships from one ocean to the other. Image Courtesy of: http://www.britannica.com/nobel/art/orooseh001p1.jpg

What are locks? A lock is a part of a canal with gates at each end where boats are raised or lowered to different water levels.

Here are the giant locks Courtesy of: http://www.canalmuseum.com/photos/panamacanalphoto026.htm

Here are the giant locks being built Photo from the Canal Zone Brats www.czbrats.com

Here are the giant locks being built Photos Courtesy of www.panamacanal.com

Here is how the Panama Canal works Image Courtesy of: http://www.panamacanal-cruises.com/panama-canal-pictures/crosssections.jpg

Here is how the Panama Canal works Photo Courtesy of: http://navy.memorieshop.com/Panama/ProfilePC.jpg

The building of the canal Photo courtesy of: www.canalmuseum.com

The building of the canal Photo courtesy of: www.canalmuseum.com

1914 The Canal Opens Image Courtesy of: http://www.canalmuseum.com/photos/panamacanalphoto042.htm

The Panama Canal Today Today the canal is a busy place. Ships get stuck in traffic jams because there are so many of them and often have to wait up to 20 hours to go through the canal. Then the trip through the canal takes another eight hours.

The Panama Canal is controlled by Panama today.                                    Photo from the Canal Zone Brats www.czbrats.com