...Navigation began in August 1914, but Madden Dam was built and other construction continued, and the total cost of the canal by 1935 is said to have been $546,636,490. The completed Panama Canal with locks is located within the Canal Zone, a strip of land 16 km wide and 1,680 km2 in area that the United States purchased from Panama for $10 million in 1903. This canal connected the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans with a 64 km waterway. ... *Some of the terminology that refers to the "Canal Zone" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…14年8月通航業務を開始したが,その後もマッデン・ダムがつくられたり,建設が行われたりして,35年までに運河建設に要した費用は5億4663万6490ドルであったといわれている。 こうして完成した閘門式のパナマ運河は,合衆国がパナマから1903年に1000万ドルで買い取った幅16km,面積1680km2の帯状の運河地帯Canal Zone内にある。この運河により太平洋と大西洋が64kmの水路で結ばれることになった。… ※「Canal Zone」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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