Is The Panama Canal The World's Most Difficult Engineering Project? | Super Structures | Progress

Deep in the jungles of Central America man has battled nature to build an engineering marvel, the Panama canal. Its epic story continues to astonish us! Its dimensions defy imagination! Its price...thousands of lives. It's the crossroads of the world's economy. Many have gone to war over it.

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[ABeautfulMess]

My Grandfather worked at the Canal in the 40s. My mom was 4 and all she remembers is the afternoon rain and her brother being born. My Grandfather told me it was his favorite place he ever worked..Thank you for this video. I never appreciated the Canal as I should. RIP workers

[mesquitoful]

I grew up in the Panama Canal Zone and have heard this story my whole life. I know some of these places very well. Still, this all amazes me.

[olympicjeff]

Sailed Andromeda through the Panama canal in August 1999..lol. perfect 👌

[georgetaylor]

That is quite the accomplishment..Admire the people who planned it!!!God Bless the thousands that built it!!May they RIP knowing what they accomplished!!! 🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦

[ranger-]

During my Army days at Fort Sherman, when we would transit from the fort we'd have to wait for the lock to cycle then drive across it beside a set of the gates. The jungle area around Sherman had 7 old gun batteries dating back dozens of years. The Jungle Operations Training Center was open there about 1951 and trained units and air crews on survival. It was a very interesting place and the old Spanish Fort San Lorenzo at the mouth of the Chagres River was some great exploring. It dates back to 1598 and was routinely attacked by pirates. Back then you could still see remnants of the French Canal here and there but it's been almost 50 years since I was last there so by now the jungle may have finished its' reclamation.

[truxlee]

The key to a practical Panama Canal lay undiscovered by its initial French developers. That was the huge rainfall levels occurring in a nearby unexplored watershed which could easily supply a canal equipped with the huge locks required for a profitable, mostly non sealevel, total project.

[vernalc]

VERY well done. Both the Panama Canal AND the documentary.

[stevie-ray]

Should watch Panama's video on the more recent engineering feat of widening the Canal!

[danieljstark]

The best history of the American constructin of the Panama Canal I ever saw. Perhaps it's petty, but I'd have liked more details/specifics about the French failure.

[alexmontgomery]

My family and I lived in Panama City in the early 1960’s and four years after we moved to the U.S. we went back as vacationers.

[katerst]

Hi. I’ve seen my share of Panama Canal videos but this took the time to explain more of what took and why...it’s not all about digging a ditch. Very cool. Thanks!

[usmale]

Great video...thank you for uploading and sharing!!

[adamharris]

As a merchant mariner, I sailed through Panama Canal numerous times. Panama Canal is one of the greatest engineering feats of man. Panama Canal is one of the seven wonders of the modern world.

[php]

The only other engineering project that would overshadow the construction of the Panama Canal would be the Apollo Space program and building the International Space Station. Nearly a million people and thousands of contractors worked on these projects not just in every US state but Canada, Europe and Japan. The logistics and coordination of such projects eclypse the Panama Canal.

[cottonlife]

Crazy how i was born near the panama canal now im learning more about the history about it good info🤙

[ramongalula]

Greatest Engineering feat of the 20th Century.😯😯

[boredgrass]

Don't let yourself fool by the age of the docu. What is being documented is still jaw dropping! Well worth watching!

[MrDaiseymay]

FANTASTIC !. I WATCHED THE BBC DOCUMENTARY OF THIS STORY, BACK IN 1987. THEY HAD MORE ARCHIVE FILM OF THE FRENCH ATTEMPT. WHAT MADE ME CRAWL, WAS THE EMPHASIS MADE, OF THE DENSE JUNGLE CONDITIONS, THAT WERE AMONG THE WORST IN THE WORLD FOR DANGEROUS SNAKES, SPIDER'S AND OTHER TROPICAL CREATURES. WHAT BRAVE AND DESPERATE PEOPLE THEY WERE.

[williammorris]

This was posted 2 months ago but the production is actually quite old, proven by referring to the trade centers still standing and the canal being an american possession. With that in mind you have to look at how well this program was made. Looks as good as anything shot today

[willyates]

❤ Enjoyed this very much, thank you. An enormous undertaking that cost a lot to save a lot, I guess.