This online exhibition takes a detailed look at the construction of the Panama Canal. Content explores why the canal was built, how the route was chosen, how much man power and machine power it took to move all that dirt, hazards of the job, and much more.

Concepts

theodore roosevelt, the panama canal

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Additional Tags

panama canal, smithsonian institution: make the dirt fly!, building, construction

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)