June 29, 2006
George Goethals
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Goethals was a US army engineer who served as chief engineer of the Panama Canal. He found the difficulty of work on the canal increased by the climate, yellow fever, labor troubles, unexpected complications in building the locks, and crumbling substrata in the Culebra Cut. By taking personal interest in the men working on the canal, however, he created an atmosphere of cooperation and completed the project ahead of schedule. The Goethals Bridge, named in his honor, links what two cites?
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