The Panama Canal opens for business.

By JasonCombust

  • The Panama Canal opens for business.

    On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal opened for business, with the passage through of the Ancon, an American cargo-passenger ship. The Canal was built primarily to make a faster way to the West Coast for American settlers in the 19th Century.

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