Culebra Cut
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The Culebra Cut, formerly called Gaillard Cut, is an artificial valley that cuts through the Continental Divide in Panama. The cut forms part of the Panama Canal, linking Gatun Lake, and thereby the A
The Panama Canal Culebra Cut in January 2020
The Culebra Cut in December 1904, after the French handover
Culebra Cut Construction in 1909
Construction under way in the Culebra Cut, 1907
Panama Canal
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The Panama Canal is an artificial 82-kilometer waterway in Panama that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. It cuts across the narrowest point of the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit
Culebra Cut
…The Culebra Cut, formerly called Gaillard Cut, is an artificial valley that cuts through the Continental Divide in Panama. The cut forms part of the Panama Canal, linking Gatun Lake, and thereby the Atlantic Ocean, to the Gulf of Panama and hence the Pacific Ocean. It is 12.6 kilometres (7.8 mi) from the Pedro…
Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French originator of the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal
Part de Fondateur of the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama, issued 29 November 1880
United States President Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909), the driving force behind US construction of the Panama Canal.
The US's intentions to influence the area (especially the Panama Canal construction and control) led to the separation of Panama from Colombia in 1903.