Wonders of the Modern World – Panama Canal publisher May 4, 2007 Comments closed 00:00:00consider the largest and most difficult 00:00:03engineering project ever the Panama 00:00:05Canal was completed in the first part of 00:00:07the 20th century it actually connected 00:00:10the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean 00:00:12through Central America the 48 mile 00:00:15canal actually allowed ships now to pass 00:00:18between North and South America rather 00:00:20than going around the southernmost tip 00:00:23of South America a ship going from New 00:00:26York to San Francisco now only had to 00:00:28travel 6,000 miles in comparison with 00:00:30the previous amount of 14,000 miles 00:00:33enough earth and rubble was moved during 00:00:36construction of the Panama Canal to 00:00:38build a 16-foot wide tunnel all the way 00:00:41to the center of the earth 00:00:44[Music] ” Categories:Top10 things Top10 things Previous Post Wonders of the Modern World – CN Tower Next Post Wonders of the Modern World – Chunnel