print email comment close Make the Dirt Fly! URL: http://www.sil.si.edu/Exhibitions/Make-the-Dirt-Fly/ Description: Illustrated presentation about the building of the Panama Canal by French and American interests. Includes background about the Suez Canal built by the French (joining the Mediterranean and Red Seas, finished in 1869), selection of the canal route, workers and tropical diseases (such yellow fever, carried by mosquitoes), and civil and structural engineering issues. Includes photos, maps, and related documents about this canal first used in 1914.  From the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Author: Danforth, Courtney Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Libraries Extra Keywords Ferdinand de Lesseps malaria Isthmus locks LII Database Information: Record 23399 created by Maria Brandt on 02/23/2007 Last modification on 02/26/2007 Published: 02/28/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23399