Canal

In 1903, the U.S. started to build the Panama Canal because Roosevelt realized and oversaw the U.S. plan which was to have a transportational canal so it was easier for American leaders to ship goods elsewhere. The Panama Canal was needed because Early European explorers thought it was needed to link the Atlantic and Pacific ocean so they found a piece of land between Northern and Southern America. Having a canal would shorten the trip for US and European ships traveling East from the California…

innovating canal that would cut through Panama. This canal would connect the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean, making traveling much quicker. This would also make trading with Asia become a lot more accessible, creating an advantage for the United States. In 1902, the US Congress agreed upon building the canal in Panama. However, there were a few obstacles that prevented them from starting right away. Panama was under Colombia's control, and when the US presented…

Erie Canal In the early 1800s, Clinton was governor of New York twice. Clinton was a very big supporter for the construction of the Erie Canal. However, his support didn’t matter if it was just him wanting the Canal to become something. The time required to build the canal would be at least 8 years and cost to make it happen would be at least 7 million dollars. A lot of people criticized and made a joke of Clinton for this. Before the Erie Canal, there was basically no east-west trade. When…

The 17th Street Canal levee failure is one the most intrigued cases because it failed before the water reached the top of the I-wall, upon analysis of the ground and the structure it was found that the shear strength was selected unconservatively, hence there were inconsistencies…

Elizabeth River Tolls Every day, two of my brothers leave on a forty to fifty-minute drive to get to the commissary at Scott Annex in Portsmouth, where my brothers work as grocery baggers. They must drive another forty or more minutes to get home, meaning they spend over an hour a day on the roads. My family lives in Norfolk, where the commissary should only be a twenty to thirty-minute drive away. However, my brothers do not want to pay the toll required to take the Downtown tunnel. Thusly,…

The Panama Canal is known as one of the greatest works of engineering achievements in American history. The Panama Canal is a an water passage built along the continental divide, which was given the go ahead by Theodore Roosevelt, when the United States, purchased the French assets in the canal zone in 1902. The construction of the Panama Canal took a decade-long, that consisted tens of thousands of laborers. The workers varied from all of the world, from places such as United states, Panama,…

The Erie Canal "Low bridge, everybody down"! People had to say that when they were going by a low bridge on the Erie Canal because one lady fell asleep and her head was smashed like a watermelon. The Erie Canal was built in 1817 and was only finished in 1825. That’s only 8 years and it was 363 miles long.To build the canal it's cost was 7 million and they quickly got payed back within 9 years.The Erie Canal changed the United States in many ways. The Erie Canal's creation would…

The Erie Canal was known as the gateway to the West. It was wildly popular; people came from near and far to travel along its 363 mile long route. The canal had a major impact on the nation’s economy in the 1800s. Towns emerged in the area and businesses blossomed. It was a huge success and many people began to rely on it. The Erie Canal increased the nation’s economy, brought people together, and promoted nationalism through trade and expansion. The Erie Canal joined people and product together…

The Panama Canal is an international waterway that links together Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The concept of a canal through such mountainous views was thought of back in the 1500s, the canal would serve as a potential shortcut.The Panama Canal links over 160 countries worldwide. Ultimately, the Panama Canal was built to decrease the distance ships would have to take to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. The 50-mile-stretch was built for an easy mode of transportation for shipping…

such as Conestogas, new roads, canals, steamboats, and railroads. Steamboats helped to make the two-way commerce possible in eastern river systems and continuing to create a transcontinental trade and an agricultural territory. It became easier for people to buy and sell goods via larger distances instead of being closed-in to sell to only one target. Canals also played an important part with provided the necessary speed for transportation, such as the Erie Canal in New York, in which became…