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After the completion of this feat of engineering in 1914, ships had an 8,000-nautical-mile shorter journey from N.Y. to Calif. |
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BACK IN THE 20th CENTURY |
2020-06-03 |
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During the 1976 presidential campaign, Ronald Reagan said of this, "We built it, we paid for it, it's ours & we are going to keep it" |
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HISTORIC QUOTES |
2015-06-10 |
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World Book said it "ranks as one of the greatest engineering achievements in the world" |
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1910s HISTORY |
2008-02-26 |
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The S.S. Ancon made the first complete trip through this, August 15, 1914 |
the Panama Canal
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A DATE WITH HISTORY |
2006-01-26 |
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In 1904 Col. William Gorgas took charge of anti-disease efforts in the building of this |
the Panama Canal
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20th CENTURY STUFF |
2001-01-17 |
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The 1910s are remembered on the stamp seenherefor the 1914 opening of this canal: |
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CELEBRATE THE CENTURY WITH STAMPS |
2000-01-14 |
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1914 was the 1st year that a ship made a complete trip through this manmade waterway |
the Panama Canal
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HISTORY |
1987-12-21 |
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