Art Resource - AR946648

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Building of the Panama Canal, Panama, late 19th-early 20th century.

Building of the Panama Canal, Panama, late 19th-early 20th century. The idea of building a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific was first planned by the French civil engineer and builder of the Suez Canal, Ferdinand de Lesseps. The French began work in 1880, but 9 years later the difficulties posed by the terrain, disease and spiralling costs doomed the project to failure. The United States bought the land in 1904 for $40 million, and proceeded to complete the 80 kilometre long canal between 1904 and 1914. The building of the canal cost the lives of an estimated 25,000 workers due to accidents and tropical diseases.

Unique Identifier AR946648

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4802px × 3649px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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