Often called one of the seven modern wonders of the world, the Panama Canal splits the continents of North and South America ...

His plan called for a sea-level canal to be dug along the path of the Panama Railroad. Some 50 miles in length, the canal would be less than half as long as the Suez. De Lesseps estimated that the ...

May 29, 1879: The French Attempt Two years after a French team completes their own survey of Panama, their government approves Ferdinand de Lesseps' plan for a sea-level canal. The cost is ...

The Panama Canal is an engineering marvel ... The Gatun Lake is 85 feet above sea level. How do the ships get raised and lowered? The canal has a water lock system that acts like a massive ...

President Trump’s push to take back control of the strategic waterway stokes memories of a period of U.S. imperial ambition ...

In his inaugural speech, President Donald Trump repeated his plan to regain control of the Panama Canal. Can he?

and bring them down again to sea level. Vessels are charged for the crossing based on their size. The United States — followed by China and Japan — is the Panama Canal's main client ...

More than 100 years after the construction of the engineering marvel that linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans — and 25 ...

Recent rains have led the Panama ... into the sea. The lakes have been depleted by the scarcity of rainfall due to the El Niño phenomenon coupled with global warming. The water level in Alhajuela ...

Panama’s 1903 independence from Colombia is linked to ... Another set of locks lowers vessels to sea level. The canal revolutionized navigation and global trade, saving ships 20,300 km between New ...

The social and racial divide along the Panama Canal zone in its American heyday was stark: a silver and gold, segregated system of pay – and life.