Ship to transmit the Canal in 1915 © Underwood & UnderwoodIn 1914 the Panama Canal has joined the Atlantic and Pacific oceans away, changing international trade to win a 50-mile-long trail. through the Panama isthmus created a shortcut to the significant for ships that were previously in order to make the perilous journey around the southern tip of South America.
We have already compiled 10 facts you might not know this amazing feat:
10. the United States using the Canal, followed by China, Japan, Korea, North Korea.
9. early planners of forward thinking, Canal wisely to predict width of cargo probably will in the future.However, the width of the cargo in the modern era in general are currently exceeding this benchmark "Panamax", so there are strict limits where appropriate ships through the locks.Expand the capacity of the waterway is set to double to be completed in 2014.
8. Canal routes 4 percent of world trade and 16 percent of u.s. virus.
7. in the year 1928 American adventurer Richard Halliburton Panama Canal length swam. all vessels crossing the Canal fee according to their need, and its rate of Halliburton.? ¢ 36 City Hall.
6. more than 60 million pounds of dynamite was used to dig the Canal to build.
5. the most complete transition in 2 hours 41 minutes by taking the u.s. Navy's Pegasus in 1979.
4. important lighting was installed in 1963, allowing Canal begin operating 24 hours a day.
3. American workers almost 20,000 6,000 French died during the execution of the Panama Canal.
2. between 12,000 and 15,000 ships crossing Panama Canal every year – about 40 days.
1. in 2008, Disney cruise ship paid the highest fee until today, the $ 33,000.
Transit Panama Canal on WWFCosta Rica-PanamaCruise, Feb. 12 -19, 2011.
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