The Panama Canal is reliant on rainwater ... The project doesn't have congressional approval yet, and construction will take several years to complete. Another option is to build desalination ...

Civilian engineers in Panama, however ... including Goethals himself, regarded the construction of the canal not only as an engineering feat, but also as a display of American governance ...

March 3, 1904: The U.S. Arrives in Panama - The Wallace Years President Roosevelt establishes the Isthmian Canal Commission (ICC) to see through the construction of the Panama Canal. Roosevelt ...

On October 9, 1913, President Woodrow Wilson opened the Panama Canal by dynamiting the final dikes holding the water at bay. He did it from the comfort of the White House, keying a telegraph ...

The Panama Canal isn’t as reliable as it once was and Mexico is racing to build a new corridor connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans that would help fill the gap. WSJ explores whether it ...

As the corridor develops, it is expected to handle up to a million containers annually, demonstrating its potential to become ...

Maurice Hudson Thatcher is a gnarled, 92-year-old relic of Panama Canal construction days and still has a pioneer’s proprietary interest in the Canal Zone, which Teddy Roosevelt leased from ...