Panama Canal Today

Video Notes Discussion of your notes

• What types of information did you gather from the video?

• Was building this canal an easy task?• What types of problems did they face?

A Yellow Fever Station

Goal What was the importance of building

the Panama Canal?

Panama Canal Today Many ships are too big for the

structure• Called Post-Panamax Ships

Panama Canal Today Panama will invest $5.25 Billion to

increase its size and make a new set of locks (Double its current size)

http://www.canalmuseum.com/photos/panama-canal-expansion.html

Panama Canal Today The new canal will be finished by the

100th Anniversary in 2014