The Panama Canal was one of the most difficult canals ever built, because of the many hard ships, such as the medical industry. The main issue they had with the medical industry was the mosquitoes. They carried diseases such as, yellow fever and malaria. This stopped many workers from building the canal. The engineering process was very difficult also; they had to scoop up two hundred million crescent shape dirt mass to build this canal. Although technology was progressing they did not have the new tools and technology to finish the canal as quickly as we would today. Politically it was a great idea for the trade industry, but it crossed many borders and trade routes out to Mexico up North and a little down south to Columbia. These ports were
