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PANAMA CANAL- Did you know that the earliest mention of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama dates back to 1534, when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, ordered a survey for a route through the Americas that would ease the voyage for ships traveling between Spain and Peru?
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The @canaldepanama is an artificial 77 km (48 mi) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. There are locks at each end to lift ships up, 26 m (85 ft) above sea level, and then lower the ships at the other end. The original locks are 34 m (110 ft) wide.
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France began work on the canal in 1881 but stopped due to engineering problems and a high worker mortality rate. The United States took over the project in 1904 and opened the canal on August 15, 1914. One of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken.
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Annual traffic has risen from about 1,000 ships in 1914, when the canal opened, to 14,702 vessels in 2008. By 2012, more than 815,000 vessels had passed through the canal.
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The most expensive regular toll for canal passage to date was charged on April 14, 2010 to the cruise ship Norwegian Pearl, which paid US$375,600. The average toll is around US$54,000. The highest fee for priority passage charged was US$220,300, paid on August 24, 2006, by the Panamax tanker Erikoussa, bypassing a 90-ship queue and thus avoiding a seven-day delay. .
The normal fee would have been just US$13,430.
The lowest toll ever paid was 36 cents (equivalent to $5.13 in 2017), by American Richard Halliburton who swam the Panama Canal in 1928.
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How amazing is the Panama Canal!
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Video credit: *The World We Don't Know
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Cruises in 2018 credit:
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Cruise lines passing through Panama Canal:
@norwegiancruiseline
@princesscruises
@celebritycruises
@carnival @halcruises @oceaniacruises @disneycruiseline
@crystalcruises @regentcruises