Question

Consider the effects that the Panama Canal has had on the world during the past century. What other transportation innovations in the last century have had a similar effect?

Answer 1

Panama Canal:

It is an easy transit route built in the Mira-flores locks in Panama City. Panama canal was built to ensure the safety and convenience of the different ships i.e "Transportation of the goods" from the eastern region to the western. As the Atlantic and pacific region are connected to through this canal. As it is considered as an engineering miracle by many.But, there are some other artificial or man made canals or transit routes in the world, which has made the transportation system more easy and efficient.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Rhine–Main–Danube Canal:

The canal was opened in the year 1992 in Germany. For obvious reasons it was built to make the transportation of shipments as well as for convenience in travel of the common folk across the black sea, from the North Sea towards the Atlantic ocean.

Being, a very easy route for transportation and helping the multinational companies to transport there goods and stuff to the different markets and zones across the region. The rivers or water routes named as the Danube river and Maine are connected by the engineering miracle, which took years to built and still makes it very easy for the transportation system to carry out its function properly and efficiently, just because due to change in the heights of the two river beds, it was very hard for an effective transportation to occur.

Answer 2

Panama canal connects the route between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean

Aviation and Channel tunnel are major innovation in the last century for transportation.

Step-by-step explanation:

Panama canal is reopened after 100 years, its length is 80 km and it makes the transportation of freight much easier and faster between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. Aviation invention makes the passenger and freight transport much faster from one end to another end of the world easily. Channel tunnel is the rail line which connects the Britain to the European mainland in France. This tunnel transports the goods and passengers and it makes the European Nation as stronger than earlier.