Hoover Dam (1936)
Aswan High Dam
u Erected
1960 - 1968
u Across Nile Near Aswan - Lake Nasser
u Soviet Sponsored
u 365 feet High, 3280 feet Long
u 2100 MW Capacity
Also Called
Boulder Dam
u Arch & Gravity
Dam
u 726 feet High,
1244 feet Long
u Colorado River
u Lake Mead
u
Canals
u Grand
Canal Of China
u Erie Canal
u Suez Canal
u Panama Canal
Grand Canal Of china
Began - 6th Century BC
Completed - 1327
u Tianjin City To Hangzhou
u Still In Use
u 1107 miles Long
u
u
Erie Canal
Suez Canal
u Connects
u Lake
Erie To Hudson River
u Began - 1817
u Completed - 1825
u 363 miles Long, 40 feet Wide, 4 feet Deep
u Main Use - Grain From The Midwest To NYC
u Today - St. Lawrence Seaway
t Little Used
Mediterranean To Gulf of
Suez (Indian Ocean)
u Origins - 13th Century BC
t Egyptians
t Nile Delta To Gulf Of Suez
u Began
- 1859
- 1869
u Length - 101 miles, Depth - 53 feet
u Completed
t Ships - Aircraft Carriers, Limited Tankers
u No
Locks
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Panama Canal
Panama Canal
u “Greatest
Engineering Work Ever”
u Connects Carribean Sea To Pacific Ocean
u Began - 1905
u Completed - 1914
u 40 miles Long, 41 feet Deep
u 3 Locks Up 85 Feet To Lake Gatun
u Difficulties - Excavation, Slides, Disease
u Panama Owns, US Defends
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