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177 sats \ 4 replies \ @Aardvark 6 Feb \ on: The Engineering Marvel called Panama Canal Construction_and_Engineering
It was also an absolute blood bath. A lot of people died making it.
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124 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b OP 6 Feb
The video talks about it. IIRC 22,000 people died.
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67 sats \ 2 replies \ @Aardvark 6 Feb
Lots of malaria and yellow fever. You can accomplish quite a lot if you throw enough people at it.
Still, it was an insane feat to accomplish.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 6 Feb
The first guy in charge was a French engineer who tried to emulate the Suez Canal but that attempt was a disaster
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9 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark 6 Feb
It's amazing that the whole thing is gravity driven. Way better idea than digging a long ditch.
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