Another cemetery in Panama dates from 1914 with remains of soldiers and others from Panama Canal construction and conflicts.

CNN: Overseas burial grounds honor fallen Americans

Construction of the canal took place between 1813 and 1816 to link the Rivers Wey and Arun, and runs through Shalford, Bramley, Cranleigh and Dunsfold in Surrey, and Loxwood, Wisborough Green and Billingshurst in West Sussex.

BBC: Restored Wey and Arun Canal opens to boats

It may be that broad trends, such as the triumph of notions of progress, the decline of the Ottoman empire, the advance of mechanisation and the emergence of international capital markets, made the construction of the canal inevitable.

ECONOMIST: The Suez Canal

Similarly, federal construction of the Panama Canal began where a failed private French consortium left off.

ECONOMIST: American economic intervention

In 1859, work began on the construction of the Suez Canal, under the direction of Ferdinand de Lesseps.

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The existing bridge in Woking town centre and a section of the canal towpath will be closed from 23 April to allow construction to start.

BBC: Work to begin on Bedser Bridge over Basingstoke Canal