PANAMA: So...let me get this straight...you want to dig a ditch or trench straight across the country?
MARKETING: We prefer the term Canal...it polled better.
FRANCE: Mais oui...it would expedite shipping...and we would eventually make the Americans pay for it.
TOURISM DEPT: We could offer up tours to offset costs.
PANAMA: Okay...I guess.
How I see this being pitched, anyway.
51 miles long it connects the Atlantic with the Pacific Ocean.
Completed in 1914.
It is estimated that over 333 million ships have now used this passage.
The first ship to travel the canal.
The SS Ancon
Building The Panama Canal
https://youtu.be/zCx7_VzR1Ho?si=_zGlX3xeX1tQJcl6
And they did get their tourism!
Cruising the Panama Canal
https://youtu.be/MpR-FH3Uc3s?si=4b9PvuHI_sWviqVO
