August 15 in American History
The SS Ancon made the first official transit of the Panama Canal — an American project that moved mountains, defeated malaria, and cut the New York–San Francisco sea route by nearly 8,000 miles. A monument to what the country could build when it decided to.
In 1914: the Panama Canal opens. The SS Ancon made the first official transit of the Panama Canal — an American project that moved mountains, defeated malaria, and cut the New York–San Francisco sea route by nearly 8,000 miles.
The SS Ancon made the first official transit of the Panama Canal — an American project that moved mountains, defeated malaria, and cut the New York–San Francisco sea route by nearly 8,000 miles. A monument to what the country could build when it decided to.
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