The Panama Canal
By: Stephen Currie
Series: History's great structures; History's great structures
Publisher: ReferencePoint Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: San Diego, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781601527103
Subjects: Juvenile literature; History
Description: The Panama Canal, which links the Pacific and Atlantic oceans through 44 miles of Central America, will have been open for 100 years in 2014. Constructed in a difficult environment by workers from many nations, the canal increased trade and eased global travel. The canal was a major feat of engineering in its time and continues to be an impressive piece of work today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 78-80, 83) and index.
Table of contents: title: A plan; title: Construction; title: The workers; title: Transition.