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The first chief engineer of the Panama Canal project, John Findley Wallace, resigned in frustration after only a year on the isthmus. His replacement, John Stevens, lasted just 20 months, but ...

Project Management Lessons Of The Panama Canal. ... As his replacement, Roosevelt chose Army Major George Washington Goethals, a West Point-trained civil engineer with experience in canals.

The original bridge, which opened alongside the Outerbridge Crossing on June 29, 1928, was named after Major General George Washington Goethals, construction supervisor of the Panama Canal and the ...

This "lake and lock" canal was favored by Theodore Roosevelt, who Chief Engineer George Goethals called "the real builder of the Panama Canal." Support Provided by: Learn More Now Streaming ...