Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific

American Experience
Air Date: 01/24/11 | Rating: NR

On December 10, 1913, after a final push of excavation, the unbroken waterway finally connected the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The project had taken ten years and more than $350 million. To that date, it was the largest single federal expenditure in history. More than 5,000 workers lost their lives, but the successful completion defined the US as a superpower of the 20th century.

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Air Date: 04/10/11 | Expires: 04/01/25 | Rating: NR

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