The Genius Technologies Behind Panama Canal Locks Moving World Largest Ships

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[JF-cfih]

I'm fascinated by the Panama Canal. My grandfather was in the Marines and was there as it was being built. My mom was born there. I just wish I could remember all the stories he used to tell about it being all jungle that had to be cleared for the canal to be built. Many Chinese were brought in to do that work.

[susiepittman]

This is amazing. Thank you for sharing it. I remember reading that many people died while building the canal.

[inayathkhan]

Very informative video on Panama Canal and Port of Amsterdam

[keepitsimpleengineer]

Many important omissions and inaccuracies, including a 'intro' with lock gates shown backwards,

[LeeB]

Just a clarification, mules (the draft animal) were never used on the Panama Canal. The towing locomotives at the Panama Canal have always been electrically operated. The first set of mules were built by General Electric and were used up until 1964 when they were replaced by "mules" built by Mitsubishi of Japan. The term "mules" was borrowed from the mules that were used most famously on the Erie Canal.

[terrymoore]

As mentioned below the lock gates are shown facing the wrong way on your "cover picture". They should be "pointing" towards the higher level of water to prevent the water pressure from forcing them open.

[blacklabel]

A country full of sophistication and extraordinary security, thank you friends for sharing such extraordinary information!!

[rael]

It's funny, the cover picture shows the lock doors operating the opposite of how they actually operate.

[Spiegelradtransformation]

Tug Boats are used for hundrets of years ? Since 1850. I dont like this overload.

[jackb]

The dimensions refer to the original canal locks, for which the Panamax ships were designed. The updated locks are wider, longer & use water more efficiently and use tugs to guide ships through, rather than the mules the old locks use.

[michiellombaers]

Some wildly inaccurate statements e.g. the statment that '... the port of Amsterdam moves 80% of total cargo in Europe ..."
Considering that Amsterdam is the *second* port of the Netherlands after Rotterdam (which moves over 4.5 times as much cargo as A'dam) it would be more closely to 18%.

[ALegit]

Heard all about it, never actually saw it. Thx for the vid

[odariopeart]

It’s was very nice to see this piece of engineering in person 🥺

[raysolorzano]

The technology is amazing enough. But I am also amazed that even back then they knew that a safer, faster, efficient, and economic passage was gonna have to be built.

[analytics]

OK one thing the giant moving gates in Rotterdam are to stop storm tides, not waves up to ten feet high. Good show mostly.

[GH-oijf]

The photo doesn’t make sense because the lock gates are backward.

[bsbsbsbjsbsbeb]

سفن المحمود. للنقل . جوده عاليه. امان في التوصيل. 🌹🗺

[malikaamir]

Human brain one of the greatest wonder of creator.

[panamakira]

Omg no 8:54 the “mules” were always electric lol no real donkeys were used to pull a ship. This made me laugh 😂

[GRosa]

It would be nice if Nicaragua could get it together and build their own canal. It would be great competition to the Panama Canal and excellent income for Nicaragua