page_title: 1889
section_title: Date unknown
hierarchical_section_title: 1889 / Events / Date unknown
caption_attribution_description: English: A diagram illustrating the layout of the Panama Canal (in quick JPEG format, auto-resizes to fit). Due to the shape of the Isthmus of Panama, the Pacific end of the canal is actually the south-east end, and the Caribbean / Atlantic end is at the north-west. From the Pacific side, the Miraflores and Pedro Miguel locks (with two and one stages respectively) lead up to the highest level of the canal, 26 metres (85 feet) above sea level. The Culebra Cut (or Gaillard Cut) leads to Gatún Lake, created by damming the Chagres River; then the Gatún Locks lead back down to sea level in Limón Bay. The heavy red line shows the ship route. The narrower red line in Gatún Lake is the Banana Cut, a shortcut used by canal boats and yachts.
context_page_description: 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1889th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 889th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of 1889, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: The first interurban tram-train to emerge in the United States was the Newark and Granville Street Railway in Ohio.
  Yellow fever interrupts the building of the Panama Canal.
  A huge locust swarm crosses the Red Sea and destroys crops in the Nile Valley.
  Frederick Abel invents cordite.
  An early method of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission, as developed by the Swiss engineer René Thury, is implemented commercially in Italy by the Acquedotto de Ferrari-Galliera Company. This system transmits 630 kW at 14 kV DC over a distance of 120 km (75 mi).
  The Capilano Suspension Bridge (the longest suspension foot-bridge in the world) is opened in British Columbia.
  Schools founded include:
  Plattsburgh Normal School (Plattsburgh, New York)
  Riverside Elementary School (Wichita, Kansas)
  Battle Ground Academy  Franklin, Tennessee.
  Samuel Marinus Zwemer co-founds the American Arabian Mission.
  The Indian Religious Code is created, which forbids Native Americans to practice their religions.
  The first West Virginia tornado is recorded.
  Brook trout is introduced into the upper Firehole River, Yellowstone National Park.
  The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack publishes its first Wisden Cricketers of the Year (actually titled Six Great Bowlers Of The Year). The cricketers chosen are George Lohmann, Bobby Peel, Johnny Briggs, Charles Turner, John Ferris and Sammy Woods.
  The 1889-1890 flu pandemic began in Central Asia.
caption: Panama, yellow fever.
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