The French tried to build it in 1884. The u.s. built it in 1904
they had to decide to build the canal in Nicaragua or panama they chose to build it in panama .
The Erie Canal took 8 years. It took ten years to build the Panama Canal.
The French and the U.S. worked together to build the Panama canal.
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Teddy Roosevelt took over the area to build the canal with no legal consent from Panama to be there.
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THe Panama Canal was built by the United States of America.
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The French and the U.S. worked together to build the Panama canal.
Panama is the only country the canal passes through. There was initially interest (a bit of which remains to this day) of building the canal through Nicaragua - there are three proposals being 'floated' around in Nicaragua currently to build a new trans-oceanic passing, but the Panama Canal only goes through Panama.