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Chronicles one of the most incredible engineering feats of all time: construction of the 51-mile canal that took 10 years to build and employed over 40,000 workers, 6,000 of whom died of yellow fever, malaria, and other horrors. An earlier, 9-year attempt by the French ended in failure and cost 20,000 lives.

Writing:
  • Bruce Nash

Stars:
Release Date: 1993-12-10
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
TMDb: 7.9/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 44

Other episodes for this season

Grand Coulee Dam
Episode 1 - Grand Coulee Dam
The Empire State Building
Episode 2 - The Empire State Building
The Panama Canal
Episode 3 - The Panama Canal
Cruise Ships
Episode 4 - Cruise Ships
Transatlantic Cable
Episode 5 - Transatlantic Cable
Mt. Rushmore.
Episode 6 - Mt. Rushmore.