Facts about the Panama Canal
- The French broke ground on January 1, 1880.
- The United States began work on May 4, 1904
- The S.S. Ancon was the first ship passed through the Canal on September 26, 1913 .
- The Panama Canal officially opened August 15, 1914. The canal is 51 miles in length from Atlantic to Pacific Oceans.
- Each lock contains 52 million gallons of water and takes 3 hours to pass though.
- It take 8 to 10 hours to transit the entire canal.
- About 40 ships cross daily and between 12 to 15 thousand cross a year.
- More than 60 million pounds of dynamite was used to excavate and construct the canal.
- Nearly 20,000 French and 6,000 American workers died during the completion of the Panama Canal.
- In 2008, a Disney cruise ship paid the highest toll to date, $330,000
- In 1928 American adventurer Richard Halliburton paid .36 cents to swim the length of the canal.
- Each door to the locks weighs 750 tons.
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