The Engineering Marvel: Navigating Through History at the Panama Canal

The Beginning of the Canal \| A monumental engineering feat began.	Teddy Roosevelt visits the Panama Canal zoneIn November of 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt Visited the Panamainian isthmus to witness the progress made on the canal.It was the first time in US history that a sitting president had left the country and well covered by the press. His observations there caused shanges that proved crucial to the management and efficiency of the project at the time.	Transfer of the canal to Panama \| Signed document transferring the Panama Canal fro the United States back to the country of Panama.
Container ship on the Canal Route \| Photo of a container ship on the canal route taken from the top of the tram at the Gamboa Rainforest Resort.		The building of the Agua Clara locks doubled the capacity by adding a new lane of traffic allowing for a larger number of ships, and increasing the width and depth of the lanes and locks accomodating larger ships to pass. The new ships, called New Panamax are about one and a half times the previous Panamax size and can carry twice as much cargo.