1.<span>a theory or system of </span>social organization<span> that advocates the vesting of theownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land,etc., in the community as a <span>whole.
2.</span></span>the disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional and to <span>limit change.
3.</span>a political or social philosophy advocating the freedom of the individual,parliamentary systems of government, nonviolent modification of political, social, oreconomic institutions to assure unrestricted development in all spheres of humanendeavor, and governmental guarantees of individual rights and civil <span>liberties.
4.</span>devotion and loyalty to one's own country; <span>patriotism.
5.</span><span>the principle or policy of </span>abolition<span>, especially of slavery of blacks in the <span>U.S. Get rid of
6. </span></span>romantic<span> spirit or tendency.</span><span>
7.</span>interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract,speculative, etc.
I would say that the answer is the Panama Canal. Even though construction began in 1904, it is the only canal I can think of which fits the description given.
The canal cuts across the isthmus of Panama and it connects the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.
