Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ bụ Ọchịagha George Washington Goethals nke United States Army Corps of Engineers, bụ onye mechara rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye isi injinia nke owuwu nke Ọwa Mmiri Panama Lock, ma bụrụkwa onye na-ahụ maka ihe owuwu nke Ọwa Mmiri Panama Lock, mepụtara mkpọchi ahụ n'onwe ya.
Gọvanọ mbụ nke Canal Zone. E meghere Plaquemine Lock n'April 9, 1909 mgbe afọ iri na anọ nke iwuchara ya gasịrị. Mgbe e wuru ya, Ọdụ Mmiri Plaquemine bụ ọdụ mmiri mmiri dị elu nke kachasị elu n'ụwa. Na mbụ, a na-eji ụkpụrụ nke ike ndọda eme ihe n'ọnụ ụzọ ahụ ruo mgbe a rụnyere bọmbụ afọ ole na ole ka e mesịrị.