Panama Canal: Connecting oceans, across an isthmus

The Panama Canal might have been officially opened for business on August 15, 1914, but there were many firsts leading up to it, including one on June 8, when the S.S. Alliance became the first ocean going vessel to make lockage at the canal. A.S.Ganesh takes a look at various aspects of this canal and what makes it still tick, more than 110 years later…

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