(Jiayin May 14), June 7, 1914, a cargo ship through the Panama Canal.


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1914, a huge American ship "Soyuz", today became the first one of many ships through the Panama Canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific the ship. Completed Canal is 50 miles long and 100-300 yards wide, vessels are required to compensate for the changes in height through three locks.
the construction of the Suez Canal in Egypt Frenchman Ferdinand - Germany - Lasse Phillips in 1879 began construction of the Panama Canal. In 1903, the U.S. government bought the right to build a canal from a French company.