Panama Canal
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| - | [[Gerstle Mack]] (San Francisco, 1894 - New York City, 1983) was an [[art historian]]. | ||
| - | He was a friend of [[William Alexander Percy]]. He got a degree in Architecture at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. He was in both World Wars. He wrote two books on [[Spanish architecture]], three books on French artists, and a book on the [[Panama Canal]]. | + | |
| + | The '''Panama Canal''' ({{lang-es|Canal de Panamá}}) is a {{convert|77|km|mi|0|adj=on}} [[ship canal]] in [[Panama]] that joins the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. Built from 1904 to 1914, annual traffic has risen from about 1,000 [[ship]]s in the canal's early days to 14,702 vessels in 2008, measuring a total 309.6 million [[Measurement ton|Panama Canal/Universal Measurement System (PC/UMS) tons]]. In total over 815,000 vessels have passed through the canal. It has been named one of the [[seven modern wonders of the world]] by the [[American Society of Civil Engineers]]. | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Canal Zone Police]] | ||
| + | * [[Cost overrun]] | ||
| + | * [[Isthmus of Tehuantepec]] Tehuantepec Route | ||
| + | * [[List of waterways]] | ||
| + | * [[Strait of Magellan]] | ||
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The Panama Canal (Template:Lang-es) is a Template:Convert ship canal in Panama that joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. Built from 1904 to 1914, annual traffic has risen from about 1,000 ships in the canal's early days to 14,702 vessels in 2008, measuring a total 309.6 million Panama Canal/Universal Measurement System (PC/UMS) tons. In total over 815,000 vessels have passed through the canal. It has been named one of the seven modern wonders of the world by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
See also
- Canal Zone Police
- Cost overrun
- Isthmus of Tehuantepec Tehuantepec Route
- List of waterways
- Strait of Magellan
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