Panama Canal

The Panama Canal was one of the greatest triumphs and tragedies of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.The tragedy was that of the French, they were just simply too far ahead of technology, at that time, to complete or even get farther than the very beginning of the Panama Canal. The American's took over the project after President Theodore Roosevelt's pushing of the Panamanian Revolution. After the Revolution the Americans took control of the canal and continued the building of the canal.
The French attempt at the Panama Canal was started by the famous French engineer, Ferdanand, who built the one hundred fifty-mile Suez Canal through the sands of Egypt.…