Presentation about The Panama Canal.

1. Panama Canal
Integrants:
Arleene Herrera
Itzy Espinosa
Madeleine Martínez
Ronald De León
Oliver González
Edilma Barria

2. Panama Canal
 In 1534 a Spanish official suggested a canal route close to
that of the now present canal. Later, several other plans for a
canal were suggested, but no action was taken. The Spanish
government subsequently abandoned its interest in the canal.
 Is a 77.1-kilometre (48 mi) ship canal in Panama that
connects the Atlantic Ocean (via the Caribbean Sea) to
the Pacific Ocean.

3. Operation of the Panama
Canal
 The canal makes the trip from the east coast to the west
coast of the U.S. much shorter than the route taken around
the tip of South America prior to 1914.
 It takes approximately fifteen hours to traverse the canal
through its three sets of locks

4. Panama Canal Expansion
 In September 2007 work began on a $5.2 billion project to
expand the Panama Canal.
 Expected to be complete in 2014, the Panama Canal
expansion project will allow ships double the size of current
Panamax to pass through the canal

5. Gatun Lake
 Artificially created in 1913 by the damming of the Chagres
River, Gatun Lake is an essential part of the Panama Canal
which forms a water passage between the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans, permitting ship transit in both directions.

6. Constructing the Canal
 Construction on the canal was extremely difficult. The world
had never known such a feat of engineering.
 When Theodore Roosevelt visited the blast area, he became
the first sitting American President to travel outside the
country.

7. Who Built the Panama Canal?
 The Panama Canal was a marvel of engineering, built by the
United States under the guidance of Theodore Roosevelt.
The United States helped Panama gain its independence
from Colombia and in exchange they were given rights to the
canal zone.

8. Considerations
 The monetary cost of the Panama Canal was well over $350
million, which at the time was the most spent by a
government on any one project. it was the sheer force of will
of Teddy Roosevelt that built the Panama Canal.