The locks system of the infographic of the Panama Canal was included by Sàpiens magazine in the report dedicated to commemorate the centenary of the entry into service of this naval communication route that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. The title of the report: La drecera americana (The American Shortcut) alludes to the fact that was the United States — under the presidencies of William McKinley (1897-1901), Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) and the first of William Howard Taft (1909-1913) — who gave the final impulse to the construction of the canal, after the failure in 1889 of the French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps, builder of the Suez canal. This infrastructure was under the control of the US Administration until December 31, 1999, when Panama regained its ownership. Sàpiens is a monthly publication of historical dissemination published in Catalan.
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