Question

What role did technology play in the construction of the panama canal?

Answer 1

the rolr that it played was the use of mathmatics in the making of it

Answer 2

Thank you (:

Answer 3

your welcome

Answer 4

For one the had to drain the swamps to get rid of the mosquitos, therefore reducing the cases of yellow fever and malaria.
President Roosevelt granted the funding, and Gorgas unleashed one of the most extensive sanitary campaigns in history. In the summer and fall of 1905, more than 4,000 people worked for Gorgas on his "mosquito brigades" in what would become a yearlong effort to prevent the insects from depositing their eggs. An army of fumigators visited every private home in Panama repeatedly, armed with cleaning agents, insecticide powder, and wire mesh for screen windows and doors. Teams sprayed drains and cesspools with oil and filled in pools of standing water. In all, Gorgas' group used 120 tons of pyrethrum powder, 300 tons of sulfur, 600,000 gallons of oil, 3,000 garbage cans, 4,000 buckets, 1,000 brooms, and 1,200 fumigation pots.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/panama-fever/

Answer 5

Thank you so much!!!!

Answer 6

Your welcome

Answer 7

Is there anything else you need help with?

Answer 8

Yes actually, if you dont mind, its the same question but about the Suez canal instead of the panama canal. So, what role did technology play in the construction of the Suez canal?

Answer 9

I looked on google and I couldn't seem to find anything, might just be me though :/ @Gad

Answer 10

The Suez Canal is a flat sea level canal (There was no lock systems). It was dug using forced labor. Early steam powered shovels existed but were not used. The main tools used were most likely have been hand picks, shovels and wheelbarrows. There is an engraving from 1869 which shows construction steam trains moving objects, presumably for the removal of materials(rocks/dirt) from the site, but there is no other equipment visible in the carving

Answer 11

That's what I found hope it helps

Answer 12

Yes that helps so much thank you again! (:

Answer 13

Your welcome