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The Panama Canal under construction, 1912 (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Over 100-years ago and we we're fine just drilling a hole through Central America to connect the world. Still astounds me. 20,000+ lost souls to make it happen.

Anybody got a good video on the subject?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Pretty sure I saw a full length documentary on it on Arte. Might have been about the failed attempt at drilling the canal by the french though, it was a while ago. Anyway it seems they are making a new one, set to air soon :

https://distribution.arte.tv/fiche/PANAMA_L_EXPLOIT_DES_ANTILLAIS

Edit : yeah I'm pretty sure this is the one I saw : https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1652396/