The Engineering That Built the World - Season 1 - Eps 4: The Panama Canal
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.
About The Engineering That Built the World

Title: The Engineering That Built the World
First Air Date: 2021-10-10
Last Air Date: 2021-11-21
Status: Ended
Rating: 5.7/10 (from 3 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 8
Network: History
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Six West Media
Synopsis
The stories behind the iconic structures and engineering feats that have shaped and defined our nation and our world.
Cast

Ian Karr
Self - Narrator