Both the French and the first American efforts were aimed at building a sea level canal, with no locks whatsoever. This plan was finally scrapped after years of wasted labor.
Mathew Parker (author): (on Roosevelt's impatience) Roosevelt wanted action so, of course, Wallace (the first of three U.S. engineers assigned to the project) had to start digging as soon as he got there.
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