Insider Tips: The fascinating past and present of the Panama Canal

Where the Atlantic and the Pacific meet

Stars Insider

14/02/19 | StarsInsider

TRAVEL Panama canal

It's been 20 years since Panama gained control of the Panama Canal from the United States, a stranglehold the US had exercised since 1903. Recently expanded to allow the transit of larger ships, the canal remains one of the seven wonders of the modern world. But its construction is a story of danger, disease, tragedy, and triumph.

Browse this gallery for an illustrated history of this unique waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.

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