After a failed attempt to build a canal by the French in 1881-1894 (by Ferdinand de Lesseps who built the Suez canal) it was the USA who acquired the French assets in 1904 and finished the Panama Canal in 1914.
Currently there is an expansion program under construction, with a new set of locks which will allow larger ships into the canal. These locks are expected to open in 2016
Those who took the shortcut
- Garfield
- Paul Voestermans
- Walter_V_R
- hhgygy
- Eloy Cano
- Lighthouse
- Phil Ower
- steve willis
- krenek
- mehmet durmus
- R Hays
- Bill Close
- donaaronio
- adel
- Steve Jaycocks
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- Dennis S.
- Gillian B
- Mik
- Paul Franson
- Chris Nason
- Marcel
- steven simmons
- Luís Filipe Miguel
- Cloudspotter
- rob de wolff
- Ashwini Agrawal