Abstract: Panama Canal is a navigation canal that connects the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans and is considered one of the greatest engineering feats of the world. Running a length of 48 miles (77 km), Panama Canal passes through the narrow Isthmus of Panama, in Central America. It extends from the Limone Bay on the Atlantic to the Bay of the Panama on Pacific oceans. The conduit, essential to international trade as a bypass to the hazardous trade routes around South America, has been called one of the seven wonders of the modern world by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The canal has shaved nearly 8,000 sailing miles off a trip between New York and San Francisco. This paper presents a brief history of the construction of the Panama Canal, and highlights the efforts made by the Americans to build this marvel.
Keywords: Panama Canal, Pacific oceans.
Title: The Panama Canal: A Man-Made Engineering Marvel
Author: Azad Abdulhafedh
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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