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Steam dredger working on the locks of the Panama Canal

Demolition, disease, and death: Building the Panama Canal

Source: TED

Watch this short video about how the Panama Canal was not-so-easily created.

This entry was posted in Heroes and Quests, Risk and Exploration and tagged History, People, Technology on May 1, 2021 by Jessica Volkening-Hayes.

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