Panama+Canal

PANAMA CANAL;Beatriz.

**__ 1.- DESCRIPTION __**
 * **Built: **15 August 1914
 * **Location (City, Country and Continent):**Panama **  **
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 * **The Panama Canal is an 82-kilometre (51 mi) ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade.** **Work on the canal, which began in 1880, was completed in 1914, making it no longer necessary for ships to sail the lengthy Cape Horn route around the southernmost tip ofSouth America and to navigate the dangerous waters of theStraif of Mallegan. One of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, the Panama Canal shortcut made it possible for ships to travel between the Atlantic andPacific Oceans in half the time previously required. The shorter, faster, safer route to the U.S. West Coast and to nations in and along the Pacific Ocean allowed those places to become more integrated with the world economy.[[image:panama83.gif]] **


 * __2.- WHAT ARE THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OR USES OF THE STRUCTURE __**
 *  We use the Panama Canal for shorten time and distance maritime communication, boosting trade and economicexchange by providing a transit route short and relatively inexpensive between the two oceans, decisively influencing patterns of world trade, boosting economic growth in developed countries and providing the impetus basic economic expansion in many remote regions of the world **

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 * __3.- WHAT DIFFERENT PARTS ARE THERE? Elements of the structure... __**



**The Panama Canal was built by giant steam shovels Mechanical.**
 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">4.- WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS MADE OF? __** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS USED ** //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">: //
 * <span style="color: #00b4ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Panama Canal is made up of Soil Nails and Rock Bolts and Steel. **


 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">5.- STRESSES IN THE STRUCTURE __****<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">: ** tension, compression, torsion, bending, shearing


 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">6.- STABILITY, RIGIDITY AND RESISTANCE __**
 * **<span style="background-color: white; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 9.5pt;">This structure is made rigid by :Steel. **
 * **<span style="background-color: white; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 9.5pt;">This structure is made stable by :Iron **
 * **<span style="background-color: white; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 9.5pt;">This structure is made resistant by : **

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;"> In English: [|Glogster!] [] [] In Spanish.: [] [] [] <span style="color: #00b4ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Pacific Ocean is approximately 30 centimeters higher than the Atlantic at that point. <span style="color: #00b4ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The record number of ships in the channel cruxar in one day is 65 ships. <span style="color: #00b4ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A swimmer crossed the channel on August 23, 1928. Richard Halliburton paid 35 cents to spend, according to their weight. <span style="color: #00b4ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">On the other hand, the highest toll paid until the end of last year was $ 141,349.97 by the Crown Princess cruise in 1993 <span style="color: #00b4ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">.A ship sailing from New York to San Francisco saves 7,872 miles nautical crossing the Panama Canal instead of round Cape Horn. <span style="color: #00b4ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The fastest crossing was made by a ship of the United States Navy, in 2 hours and 41 minutes. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 210%;">10-PERSONAL COMMENTS
 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">7.- More information: __**
 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">8.- Picture Gallery __**
 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">9.- CURIOSITIES __**

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">media type="custom" key="14813812" <span style="color: #00b4ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;"> I learn a lot of differents things about the structure of the Panama Canal,and a lot of thing about construction.It was a ver nice proyect!