In each situation, the United States used military intimidation to achieve its economic goals.

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Construction of the Panama Canal created a short cut for shipping between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It also meant that shipping could avoid Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America - an often extremely stormy passage.

The Panama Canal is owned by Li Ka Shing, a Hong Kong based billionaire, and is run by the Panama Canal Authority.

FIRST ANSWER: There were astounding engineering challenges due to the difference in sea level at the Atlantic vs. Pacific sides, but the thing that proved most difficult was the mosquito borne disease. Thousands of French, Panamanian and American workers dies as a result of malaria and other tropical pathogens.

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The "Astounding" part of the project was NOT the difference in sea-levels (due to tides). That is no real problem at all, needing only entrance locks as on the earlier, already-successful, Suez Canal. The real engineering difficulties for the Panama Canal were those of building a series of large locks and their feeders to take the canal over the central ridge of the isthmus. ' The first attempt, by the French, failed because the designer, de Lesseps, specified a sea-level route (with tidal locks) but he under-estimated the problems and cost of cutting through the ridge.

It allowed shorter routes to get from one side of the world to the other. Specifically, it made it much quicker to get from the US west coast to Europe.

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The Panama canal shortened the trip from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean by two thirds, from 12,000 miles to 4,000 miles. This was a great boost for the commercial activity between the USA's east and west coast States and for the trade between Europe and the east coast States of the USA, and Asia. It also considerably shortened the trade routes between all western States and countries in the Americas and Europe.

There are three sets of locks in the canal. A two-step flight at Miraflores, and a single flight at Pedro Miguel, lift ships from the Pacific up to Lake Gatun; then a triple flight at Gatun lowers them to the Atlantic side.

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While the canal is "always" open, there are certain times of day the major operations occur. The procession of the largest ships starts at each end in the early morning and they go through the locks in a group over about two hours. The public viewing areas at either end should be visited at about 8 AM to see the biggest ships going through the locks one after the other. The closing times of the public viewing areas is different at each end of the canal; make inquiries.

"Like the Panama Canal, bonds are rightly issued. To pay for such an improvement, in a few years, would greatly increase the tax rate. A bond issue spreads this tax burden over many years..."

This information was from "The Land of Fair Play" by Geoffrey Parsons

the panama canal is a modern marvel because it changed the course of trading and transportation in the world. it helped by making trips faster

Gate is the name given to the lower barrier of a canal lock. A Canal lock is used to lower and raise the water to move boats along a waterway.

It is a system of gates to allow ships to move up or down from 1 level to another. The vessel moves into the lock & water is allowed to either leave or enter the lock to change the level, when the water equalizes to the new level, either up or down, then the next gate can be opned to allow the vessel to move on. Because the levels in the Red Sea & the Meditteranean are the same there was no need for a lock system in the Suez canal.

The locomotives, (Electric Mules) are used to pull ships through the locks of the canal. Also due to the very close fit of the largest ships (like the panamax tankers), the locomotives work together to maintain ship position within the width of the locks. sometimes there are only inches to spare on each side.

The grand canal played a role in trade by allowing the chinese to move goods and crops from distant agricultural areas into cites

According to the Panama Canal Authority, it takes from 8-10 hours for a port-to-port transit, depending on the size of the vessel
According to the Panama Canal Authority, it takes from 8-10 hours for a port-to-port transit, depending on the size of the vessel
Well that all depends on where you are going and where you are starting from. However the canal is 50 miles long and it could take anywhere from 8 to 10 hours, depending on the boat size.

Horrible. hot and it rained a lot. Humid all around... its a nightmare. A lot of workers died.

ADDED. They did not die from those conditions, but from malaria and other tropical diseases.

Colón, on the Atlantic end of the Canal, is 646 miles (1,041 km) due north of the equator.

At Panamá City, on the Pacific end, it's 621 miles (1,000 km).

It is 3649.3 miles or 5873.1 kilometers from Seattle, Washington to Panama City, Panama.

getting throgh the 2 contenents Along with that, there was also many more issues. There were diseases such as Yellow Fever and Malaria. Many labrorers died in the making of the canal because of things like this. Other than those things, removing rocks took some time and effort. They had to sometimes remove the rocks by hand or machine but they could also blow them up. They set explosions to remove rocks that were in their way.

Atlantic and the pacific

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No. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west everywhere on Earth. it does appear to be more southerly or northerly depending upon your latitude.

The above is true; however, the sun does appear to rise over the Pacific Ocean and set over the Atlantic Ocean at the ends of the canal.

This answer is wrong although the author gets a little of it right, sort of. I have no idea what the second author is trying to say.

First let me, like the first author, say it depends on your latitude. Let me correct the author's statement in his/her second paragraph. The sun does rise in the east and set in the west if you are standing on the equator (0 degrees latitude) The sun rise doesn't appear to move south or north; it actually does move to a more northerly or more southerly point on the horizon, depending on your latitude and the time of year.

Anyone who has visited an extreme northern clime, let's say Fairbanks, (63 degrees north) has seen the sun set in the east for months at a time. But even most Alaskans don't think about it. It is hard to imagine but if you ever see it, or see a video of it you will understand. This phenomenon is what causes the midnight sun in Alaska.

At certain times of the year, near the summer solstice, the sun rises in the east like we all expect it to. It climbs to its zenith in the west then comes back down and sets in the east, very near the point it set.

That distance between the point on the horizon where the sun sets and rises moves further apart each day so that on the equinox the sun travels directly over head, 12 hours of sun up 12 hours of darkness.

Still not convinced? Think about this. If you are standing on the North Pole, in the summer season, the sun doesn't rise or set in the east or the west.

My suggestion is you stop using sites like this to get your knowledge. Go to a site that lists sunrise and sunset times for any place on the globe for any day of the year.

So now I will ask you, does the sun ever rise in the west?