f the workers contracted it. In 1888 the French company redirected its efforts to the lock canal system that is along the lines of the current one constructed by the U.S. The French company was too stubborn to realize that the sea-level canal was not working. Then in 1889 the company had no capital left and all work on the canal ceased. In 1894 a new French company started work on the Culebra Cut which would be very similar to the U.S. plan. This company also ran out of capital and was forced to stop construction.
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