13 oct. 1882 - Panama Canal
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The French had originally started the construction but sold it to the US . The French had 43,000 workers and a 1/3 of them had died from Yellow Fever. They dug 76 million cubic yards. When the US took over it took 7 years to complete (1914 was the completion date)
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