The History of the Panama Canal.

The History of the Panama Canal, By, Aaron Ang The date is August 15, 1914, where one of the world's greatest engineering marvels, was officially opened by the passage of the SS Ancon. But it was a long and tiring journey, taken over the course of more then a century. The United States wanted to build a canal because of the shortened journeys for its supply ships, battle ships, and would prove a good place to construct …

…cost of about $387 million. Since 1903 the United States has invested about $3 billion in the Canal enterprise, approximately two-thirds of which has been recovered. 1914-The Panama Canal opens to the public with the first passage of the SS Ancon on August 15 the year 1914. 2004-Now more than 80 years after the first official ocean-to-ocean transit of the waterway, the amazing Panama Canal is still used and will be used for a long time in the future to come.