still the only us government project that can claim that.
2007-01-25 00:20:24 · 7 answers · asked by Kreep 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
The budget was saved by curing malaria!
BTW it was a project that was done under a democrat president and house! So that is not a point!
2007-01-25 00:53:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anarchy99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certain books will say that it was a great administrative job by all the administrators that managed the Canal's construction.
From what I've read Stevens and Goethals were the best at doing their job running the construction.
Certainly all the cheap labor coming from the Caribbean Islands helped them achieve their goal in record time. Most people think the Panamanians did most of the labor; however history shows us that most of the hard work was done by Chinese and West Indians.
2007-01-25 10:53:18 · answer #2 · answered by wcruzq 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cheap, expendable labor.
According to hospital records, 5,609 lives were lost from disease and accidents during the American construction era. Adding the deaths during the French era would likely bring the total deaths to some 25,000 based on an estimate by Gorgas. However, the true number will never be known, since the French only recorded the deaths that occurred in hospital.
2007-01-25 00:25:20 · answer #3 · answered by A Word In Edgewise 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats alright, the Chinese have control over it now. Good going Jimmy Carter!
2007-01-25 00:27:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No Democrats to slow things down???
2007-01-25 06:14:50 · answer #5 · answered by stonecolddonkey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a trend that certainly didn't catch on
2007-01-25 18:16:48 · answer #6 · answered by dadazac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they did not dig deep enough as plan
2007-01-25 00:46:31 · answer #7 · answered by kimht 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋