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The Engineering That Built the World Season 1 Episode 4

Two powerful nations–France and America–compete to build a path just 50 miles long that will connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Completing it will cost 30 thousand lives, $600 million dollars, and require overcoming every obstacle imaginable–from mudslides to malaria to bankruptcy.

Episode Title: The Panama Canal

Air Date: 2021-10-31