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a ditch with ambition, dragging continents closer one excavated mile at a time
means A man-made waterway dug across land for shipping, irrigation, or drainage.
from From Latin 'canalis,' a pipe or channel, itself from 'canna,' a reed or tube — the same hollow stalk that gives us 'cane' and 'cannon.' It reached English through French 'canal,' carrying the idea of a slender groove that water is coaxed to follow.
- panama toll
- Ships pay over a million dollars to cross
- deadly digging
- Around 25,000 died building Panama's canal
- venice count
- Over 150 canals replace its streets entirely
- suez shortcut
- Saves ships 6,000 miles around Africa
- swimmer toll
- A panicked swimmer once jammed Suez traffic
panama canal — artificial waterway connecting atlantic and pacific oceans, completed 1914, handles ~14,000 transits annually
grand canal venice — main waterway through venice, italy, 3.8 km long, lined with renaissance palaces since 12th century
suez canal — artificial waterway in egypt connecting mediterranean to red sea, opened 1869, critical global trade route