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when it started
Panama Canal started on February 23,1904. It was made to ship goods quickly and cheaply. Itś between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. -
lock towers began
In 1909 the work on the lock towers started to begin. The lock tower was 80 feet high and it is 100 feet long. Also the chambers floors were 13 feet deep. -
Gatun dam
In 1912 the work is completed on the Gatun Dam. Which is the panama canal main water supply. Also the Gatun Dam on the Charges River were built using tons of spoil from Culebra Cut. -
lock towers done
In 1913 the work on the lock towers were completed. Two steam shovels meet nose to nose in the bottom of Culebra Cut on May 10. President Woodrow Wilson pushed a button in Washington D.C. and it sent a single to a telegraph to blow up the dike. -
finished
The Panama canal was finished in 1914, August 15. The Panama Canal was a 52 mile long waterway. It's completed cost of $352 million was remarkably under budget also under the schedule. -
singed by who?
President Theodore Roosevelt championed the canal. He did this because of its importance to America’s economic and military interests. Then the USA agreed to pay Panama $10 million for a perpetual lease for the canal plus $250,000 annually in rent. -
what conditions they went through
There was over 56,000 people working on the Panama canal. But they worked in horrible working conditions. Such as working in tough weather,constant labor,and racial tensions. -
how many people died
During the construction on the Panama canal. 22,000 people died building it and 5,609 died of diseases and accidents while working. 4,500 of them were west Indian workers. -
what did they also build
In 1905 1,250 homes, hospitals, administration buildings, and recreation centers were built. Also 1,200 buildings that had belonged to the French were rebuilt. He also furthered encouraging women and families to come to the Canal. -
world-famous Panama Canal
In 1920oversight of the world-famous Panama Canal. It was transferred from the U.S. to Panama. This all happened because George Washington Goethals, stepped up excavation efforts of a stubborn mountain range and oversaw the building of the dams and locks.
