Friday, March 23, 2018

Why was it so important to the Americans to build it..............that they undertook the project themselves??  It is a loooooong way around the Southern tip of Argentina and Chile to the Gulf coast of the USA..........................ships from the Pacific ocean...........or vice versa........



President Roosevelt appointed Colonel George Washington Goethals the new Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal project on February 26, 1907. As a military officer, Goethals was bound to the assignment by duty, but he was also personally determined to see it through to completion.

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If any one person can be credited for this achievement it is George W. Goethals, the project's chief engineer, 1907−15. In 1904 the Americans took over the failed French effort to build a canal at the Isthmus of Panama. The first two chief engineers, both civilians, resigned after short tenures.

Chief Engineers of the Panama Canal | American Experience | Official ...

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President Roosevelt appointed Colonel George Washington Goethals the new Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal project on February 26, 1907. As a military officer, Goethals was bound to the assignment by duty, but he was also personally determined to see it through to completion.

[PDF]The American Engineers that built the Panama Canal ... - ResearchGate

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The American Engineers that built the Panama Canal. J. David Rogers, P.E., P.G., M.ASCE. 1. 1. K.F. Hasselmann Chair in Geological Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, ph (573) 341-6198; fax (573) 341-6935; email: rogersda@mst.edu. ABSTRACT. When the United States took ...

Who Built the Panama Canal? - Jacobin

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Jun 21, 2017 - Panama's ownership of the canal constructed through the heart of its territory has changed the story — and the history — in complex ways. United States politicians have long stressed that their nation built the canal, and indeed have historically regarded it as a symbol of US engineering and medical ...

How the Panama Canal Works US Army ... - Army Engineer Association

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On March 4, 1907, President Roosevelt appointed Col. George W. Goethals as chief engineer of the ICC. Goethals had graduated second in his West Point class of 1880 and began his engineering career building bridges.

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