Panama Canal

The Panama Canal is a canal in the country of Panama designed by President Roosevelt to move people and goods faster. It was a popular traveling route during the Gold Rush. There were a lot of problems to build it, including deceases such as malaria but they finally accomplished it though with a high "human cost".

The Titan's Curse
The Princess Andromeda's crew use it to get to San Francisco as the canal is the fastest way for a ship to travel between coasts. They use the canal, so that Luke's forces could meet at Mount Othrys near San Francisco.

The Last Olympian
After The Battle of the Labyrinth, Kronos regroups his forces and once again uses the Panama Canal to sail back to New York from the west coast.