Portal:Panama Canal
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The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is a 77-kilometre (48 mi) ship canal in Panama that joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. Built from 1904 to 1914, annual traffic has risen from about 1,000 ships in the canal's early days to 14,702 vessels in 2008. It has been named one of the seven modern wonders of the world by the American Society of Civil Engineers."Panama Canal," in Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Works
- Letter to the Parker Independent Clubs, 1913 by Carl Schurz
- Theodore Roosevelt from The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914, 1914, edited by James Grant Wilson
- Riley E. Scott, "Can the Panama Canal be destroyed from the air?", Sunset, April 1914.
- The U.S. Army in the Root Reform Era, 1899-1917, by James L. Yarrison
Encyclopedia articles
- "Panama Canal," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Panama Canal," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
Popular Science Monthly
- "The Gulf Stream and the Panama Canal" by in Popular Science Monthly, 20 (March 1882)
- "The Panama Canal" by in Popular Science Monthly, 31 (July 1887)
- "Inventions at Panama" by in Popular Science Monthly, 32 (December 1887)
- "Progress at Panama" by in Popular Science Monthly, 32 (February 1888)
- "The Panama Route for a Ship Canal I" in Popular Science Monthly, 61 (July 1902)
- "The Panama Route for a Ship Canal II" in Popular Science Monthly, 61 (August 1902)
- "The Type of the Panama Canal" in Popular Science Monthly, 74 (May 1909)
Court cases
- Wilson v. Shaw, October 1906—January 1907
- United States v. Press Publishing Company, October 1910—January 1911
- Panama Company v. Bosse, January—March 1919
- Panama Company v. Pigott, January 1921
- Inland Waterways Corporation v. Young, October 1939—March 1940
- Panama Canal Company v. Grace Line Grace Line, April 1958
- National Board of Young Men's Christian Associations v. United States, March—May 1969
United States government
- United States-Panama Treaty (1903) November 18th, 1903
- Panama Canal Act, August 24, 1912 by the 62nd Congress of the United States
- 1976 U.S. Presidential Debate - October 6, James Earl Carter and Gerald R. Ford
- Statement on the Panama Canal Treaty Signing, 1977 by Jimmy Carter
- Presidential Radio Address - 14 April 1984, by Ronald Reagan
- Presidential Radio Address - 13 October 2007 by George Walker Bush
Proclamations
- Proclamation 1225, November 13, 1912 by William Howard Taft: Panama Canal Toll Rates
- Proclamation 1258, November 21, 1913 by Woodrow Wilson: Rules for the Measurement of Vessels for the Panama Canal
- Proclamation 1287, November 13, 1914 by Woodrow Wilson: Neutrality - Panama Canal Zone
- Proclamation 1570, July 12, 1920 by Woodrow Wilson: Opening of the Panama Canal
Executive orders
- Executive Order 1722½
- Executive Order 1885
- Executive Order 1888
- Executive Order 1897
- Executive Order 1902
- Executive Order 1917
- Executive Order 1944
- Executive Order 1990
- Executive Order 2073
- Executive Order 2208
- Executive Order 2428
- Executive Order 2440
- Executive Order 3255
- Executive Order 3585, December 3, 1921, Warren G. Harding regarding conditions of employment governing employees of the Panama Canal and Panama Railroad Co. on the Isthmus of Panama