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
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