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Why did the United States work so hard to complete the Panama Canal in 1914

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The engineering, technical, medical, and scientific challenges were incredible, first having to get the disease under control and then figure out whether it should be a sea level or a lock canal. It was 40 miles long and literally cut through the continental divide, so it was extremely difficult.

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