Panama Canal

The Panama Canal is one of the very few modern endeavors that has changed the Face of the planet on which we live. The Panama Canal should be known as the eighth wonder of the world. It split a continent and connected the world as no other man made creation ever had. Despite previous failures by other country's, the US was able to conquer the many dangers of the canal area and build what still …

…is one of the greatest feats of engineering ever accomplished. The US was in charge of the canal till the end of the year 1999. Now Panama is back in control of the canal for better or worse. Many thousands lives were lost building the canal and many millions of dollars were spent. All of which do not compare to the feat of building this canal which changed the travel of the seas forever. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**