<P> On October 10 , 1913 , the dike at Gamboa which had kept the Culebra Cut isolated from Gatun Lake was demolished ; the detonation was made telegraphically by President Woodrow Wilson in Washington . On January 7 , 1914 , the Alexandre La Valley , an old French crane boat , became the first ship to make a complete transit of the Panama Canal under its own steam after working its way across during the final stages of construction . </P>
<P> On October 10 , 1913 , the dike at Gamboa which had kept the Culebra Cut isolated from Gatun Lake was demolished ; the detonation was made telegraphically by President Woodrow Wilson in Washington . On January 7 , 1914 , the Alexandre La Valley , an old French crane boat , became the first ship to make a complete transit of the Panama Canal under its own steam after working its way across during the final stages of construction . </P>
who was president when the panama canal opened
who was president when the panama canal opened
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson