Engineer, February 1st, 2000
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did not build the Panama Canal. It was built by the Isthmian Canal Commission (ICC), which was authorized by the Spooner Act and appointed by the President of the United States. However, Army engineers became involved in the U.S. interest in building a canal in 1870 when President Ulysses S. Grant, stimulated by the opening of the Suez Canal in 1867, ordered the U.S. Navy to conduct surveys of possible canal routes in Central America. The Navy reported to an Interoceanic Canal Commission whose membership included Chief of Engineers Brigadier General Andrew A. H...
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