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Canals were the economic lifeblood of the industrial revolution, allowing heavy raw materials to be dragged slowly through man-made ditches by miserable mules…
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Before the steam locomotive dominated logistics, the United Kingdom dug thousands of miles of narrow, interconnected waterways to move heavy coal. Amazingly,…
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Richard Halliburton holds the bizarre historical record for paying the lowest toll ever to traverse the Panama Canal, handing over just 36 cents in 1928 for…
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Despite connecting two incredibly salty oceans, the actual transit path is completely fresh. The massive locks rely entirely on water draining from a nearby…
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Humans literally carved a massive trench through entire continents just so massive cargo ships would not have to sail all the way around the bottom of the…
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Human port workers need pesky things like light, sleep, and bathroom breaks, so the Dutch just replaced them with mechanical steel beasts. In the automated…
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