After years of construction, this canal finally opened for business August 15, 1914
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Panama Canal turns 100, and gets ready for more - CBS News  By Bruce Kennedy MoneyWatch August 15, 2014, 5:30 AM ... But several years later, after engineering setbacks and an estimated 20,000 worker deaths due to ... In 1902, Congress passed legislation funding the canal's construction. ... than an additional 5,600 workers' lives, the canal opened for business on Aug. 15, 1914.
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Panama: the canal that unlocked the world - Telegraph  Aug 31, 2014 ... For, on August 15 1914, the first ship crossed the Panama Canal, a route that changed the world. ... which is proving every bit as fraught as the original construction. Intended to open for business in time for the centenary this month, .... After nine years' labour the canal finally opened, and man's greatest...
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Panama Canal open to traffic - Aug 15, 1914 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Panama Canal open to traffic on Aug 15, 1914. ... on the construction of a lock canal, and the next three years were spent developing ... On this day in 1861, just months after he surrendered Fort Sumter, South Carolina,...
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Panama Canal - Wikipedia  The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panam) is an artificial 48-mile (77 km) waterway in ..... The construction of the canal was completed in 1914, 401 years after ... The canal was formally opened on August 15, 1914, with the passage of the ...... and member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development,...
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Opening of the Panama Canal: August 15, 1914 | Fishwrap  Aug 1, 2014 ... But on the day the canal finally opened, August 15, 1914, it didn't get ... Construction began in 1904, with a majority of workers coming from the West Indies. ... quit after only a year, as did the second one after a year and a half.
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This question originally aired on December 22,... | Jeopardy ...  Category: N"TICE ME! Question: Opened in 1829, the Welland Canal was built to circumvent these falls on the Canada-U.S. border. Answer: Niagara Falls
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Erie Canal - Erie Canal, Oswego Canal and Champlain Canal Guide  The Erie Canal was completed from Albany to Buffalo in the fall of 1825 and was an ... had the vision and conviction to build the first 363-mile long Erie Canal.
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jeopardy/2197_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  THE 1820s | On October 27, 1822 a 280-mile section of the Erie Canal opened between Rochester & this capital | Albany. right: Ellen. Wrong: Value: $100.
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The Erie Canal  Devoted to the history of the Erie Canal in general, as told through Images (old ... When finally completed on October 26, 1825, it was the engineering marvel of its day. ... The several mile long stretch between Lyons and Lock Berlin, which ... "Clinton's Ditch" Canal and the Enlarged Erie Canal (some sections watered), and...
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No Canal - "1421 " exposed  He claims that before the modern Suez Canal was opened there was a direct sea ... Red Sea-Nile canal, which Zheng He's smaller junks would have used as well. ... from the pharaonic (sic) name for the river port in Babylon (Menzies p.53). ..... was the renamed Sweet Water Canal built in 1858-63 to supply fresh water for...
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Jeopary Questions page 1816 - GEOGRAPHICAL EXTREMES ...  CANALS: With capital of about $40 million set in place, work was begun on this waterway in April 1859  BACK IN 1906: In September the Platt Amendment was...
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The French Failure - Panama Canal - CZBrats  (The Suez Canal was opened in 1869, took ten years to build, and cost about .... "The Bulletin du Canal Interoceanique," published by the company for the ... Dingler subsequently went to France on leave of absence, and upon the .... 1889, when the company became bankrupt and a liquidator was appointed to take charge.
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Erie Canal - Wikipedia  The Erie Canal is a canal in New York that is part of the east-west, cross-state route of the New ... Originally, it ran about 363 miles (584 km) from Albany, on the Hudson River, to Buffalo, at Lake Erie. ... It opened on October 26, 1825. ..... of canalized rivers (particularly between Rochester and Buffalo), the original Erie Canal...
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Erie Canal - Wikipedia  The Erie Canal is a canal in New York that is part of the east-west, cross-state route of the New ... It was built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the .... The Mohawk River (a tributary of the Hudson) rises near Lake Ontario and runs in a .... The first 15 miles (24 km), from Rome to Utica, opened in 1819.
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When this canal opened in 1869, suddenly Africa was completely ...  Jul 13, 2016 ... ... in 1869, suddenly Africa was completely surrounded by water # Quiz # ... This canal's official opening was on July 12,1920 # Quiz # Question.
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July 12, 1920: Panama Canal formally opens - Discovery Channel's ...  The Panama Canal first opened to shipping in 1914 but the event was overshadowed by news about World War I. The greatest engineering feat in the history...
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1914, World War I and the end of the German Empire: Alison Smale ...  Jun 29, 2014 ... On June 28, 1914, Kaiser Wilhelm II was preparing to indulge in a favorite ... A sailors' rebellion that started here spread nationwide and helped force the ... The Kiel Canal, to this day an important waterway linking the North and ... Outsize paintings of the opening still stare down at the regal Kiel Yacht Club.
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Tour boats take visitors on cruises into canal's past  Aug 24, 1997 ... SYLVAN BEACH, N.Y. -- If you've never navigated on the Erie Canal, the time is right.Sites along the early 19th century waterway, a lifeline for commerce frayed ... In all, seven harbors on the historic 525-mile waterway are being restored ... to accommodate horse-drawn barges for freight and packet boats...
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WGBH American Experience . Panama Canal . The Chief Engineers ...  On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two ... third and final Chief Engineer, shepherding the project to its completion in 1914. ... 30 feet below sea level stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific coast.
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Transit--SS Ancon - CZBrats  It was on August 15, 1914 that the Panama Railroad vessel SS Ancon made the first ... the Ancon made its historic transit, the first commercial passage and the first ... carried on these trial trips through the Canal at the invitation of the Governor, but ... The complete trip from the Cristobal dock to the end of the dredged channel...
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SALT -- WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW | eBay  Skip to main content .... The famed Erie Canal, opened in 1825, was known as "the ditch that salt built" because salt, a bulky product presenting major transportation difficulties, originally was its principal cargo. Syracuse, NY is to this day proud of its salt history and its nickname, "Salt City." Salt production has been important...