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What Is the Panama Canal?

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Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the world’s most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!

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Series: What Was? Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: July 17, 2014

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780698171855
  • File size: 67692 KB
  • Release date: July 17, 2014

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780698171855
  • File size: 67692 KB
  • Release date: July 17, 2014

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.9
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:4

Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the world’s most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!

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