Panama Canal How was the Panama Canal constructed? The construction of the Panama Canal was a very important event in history. The start of the canal was in 1905 July. In the start the french was the ones running it because they needed a shortcut through South America to get to America. Sadly the french failed, but they did give the Americans a starting point. President Roosevelt hired many people. The Americans started digging and digging. They spent many days just digging, and never got many breaks before they were back to digging.Their plan was to do a lock system to lift the boats over the land.That is how it was constructed.
What did difficulties did they have to overcome while constructing it? The Americans had to overcome a lot
What did difficulties did they have to overcome while constructing it? The Americans had to overcome a lot