The Panama Canal Gets "Supersized"

2015-03-25T11:10:00-04:00

Over a hundred years ago, the first ships passed from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the Panama Canal. One of the greatest engineering feats ever, the Panama Canal is entering a new stage in its history in order to stave off the threat of obsolescence presented by “post-Panamax” ships, or vessels larger than the size constraints of the Canal. An engaging episode of the History Channel’s Modern Marvels series, “Panama Canal Supersized” documents the herculean efforts of engineers and thousands of workers to construct a new passage through the Americas that will radically change the global economy.

Considered one of the seven wonders of the modern world by the American Society of Civil Engineers, the original Panama Canal took over a decade to complete. Since the early 16th century, there were several attempts to cut through the American continent in order to facilitate faster trade, eventually leading to a failed effort by the French in the late 19th century. The United States p...

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The Panama Canal Gets "Supersized"