Extreme Engineering – Widening the Panama Canal

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A brief history of the building of the original canal.

What are the 3 main parts of the canal?

Briefly explain how the ships are moved through the locks.

What’s the greatest danger that threatens the canal and the ships and how do the engineers address that?

• What was the width of the old canal and what is the width of the new widened canal?
• Briefly explain the involvement of Army Corp of Engineers in building the canal.
• What was the solution learned from Germans that was used in Panama Canal?
• Conclusion: 
• What was the main reason for the second attempt to build the canal successful?
• What management lessons do we learn from that?