Timeline of the Panama Canal

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    The U.S.A. starts to build the Panama Canal

  • William Crawford Gorgas is hired by the U.S.A. to exterminate mosquitoes.

  • The United States hires William Crawford Gorgas

  • Yellow fever is almost completely eradicated.

  • Work begins on the canal locks.

  • Work begins on the canal's locks

  • The locks are finished

  • The Panama Canal officially opens to the public