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aug 15, 1914 - Panama Canal

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President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal—a trans-isthmian canal. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

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Date:

aug 15, 1914
Now
~ 109 years ago