Nicaragua Canal
The Nicaragua Canal is a large canal system built, owned, and operated by the Kingdom of America through the Nicaragua region of the Grand Duchy of Central America.
Purpose / Function
The canal was built to expedite the movement of trade goods by ship from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean. The trade route followed the railroad system that was originally in place.
Architecture
The Canal itself is a large and complex version of smaller canals that had been used to boost the economy of the American mainland.
History
Nicaragua was the main overland route for passage of trade from the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific side. This was done by various train networks through the various terrains. Trade originally went through the Rio San Juan to Lake Nicaragua. The concept was to further develop the natural waterways to allow for larger amounts of shipping to pass through.
Interest in the canal began in 1825, when the Empire of Mexico and the Kingdom of America hired surveyors while the region was still under the control of Mexico. Construction began in 1849 in order to compete with the British development of the canal on the Isthmus of Darien. Oppositions were raised from farmers being displaced for development. Further concerns were raised when construction was proposed to go through Lake Nicaragua, a primary source of freshwater for much of the countryside. When the construction of the Atlantic and Pacific Canal folded, the efforts in Nicaragua increased.
Operations were halted in 1865 at the fall of Emperor Vicente II and the republican coup. The Republic of Mexico claimed ownership of the canal in 1869, and held it until Central America declared independence. America supported the secession of the Grand Duchy of Central America in order to gain sole operations of the canal ion 1871, following the end of the Third Mexican Civil War.
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