US Congress appoints canal commission to investigate Panama

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.2: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth Century, 1783-1900.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University)

Domains

Civil engineering

Dates

Date of occurrence 1899-06-10

Places

United States (Location)
Panama (Involved)

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The US Congress appoints a canal commission to report on possible routes for a canal to traverse through Panama. The first attempt to build a Panama Canal was made by the French in the 1870. The American-built canal eventually opens in 1914.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "US Congress appoints canal commission to investigate Panama". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19286, accessed 23 April 2024.]

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