Building the Panama Canal

In 1904, President Teddy Roosevelt committed the brains of American engineering and the brawn of America's industrial machine to build a canal of unprecedented scope and challenge. The Panama Canal's successful construction was the result of the convergence of extraordinary men, machines, and methods.  Paul Giroux, recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineers' prestigious Civil Engineering History and Heritage Award for 2013, will share highlights of this remarkable construction feat, illustrating how American ingenuity was harvested in order to create what many call the 8th Wonder of the World.

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