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Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the world’s most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!

What Is the Panama Canal

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A Paperback by Janet B. Pascal, Who HQ, Tim Foley

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    Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
    Publication Date: 7/17/2014 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780448478999, 978-0448478999
    ISBN10: 0448478994

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    Book Synopsis
    Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the world’s most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!

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