The French scheme for building a canal through the Isthmus of Panama collapsed in 1889. It was underfinanced and mismanaged from the start, and the work force was decimated by yellow fever. The isthmus became a centre of gambling, brothel keeping and coffin making. The US Government took up the project in 1904, but used only one-third of the French excavations. They finally completed the canal in 1914.
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