Building the Locks: 1904–1914

How America dug the shortcut: the seven-year construction of the Gatún and Miraflores flight of locks — NOVA, National Archives footage, HISTORY and colorized reels from the excavation.

Playlist by @panama_canal_locks_docs

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. How the Panama Canal Was Built | The Engineering that Built the World (Season 1) | History — HISTORY
2. The Construction of the Panama Canal [1913-1914] (Reel 1-5 of 5) — US National Archives
3. NOVA: A Man, a Plan, a Canal, Panama (1987) | The Epic Story of an Engineering Marvel 🌎🚢 — Digitalized Archives
4. Demolition, disease, and death: Building the Panama Canal - Alex Gendler — TED-Ed
5. The Men Who Built the Panama Canal When the French Had Buried 22,000 — Construction Legends
6. How America Built the $9B Panama Canal: Inside the Most Dangerous Construction in History — NextGen Manufacturing
7. Panama Canal Construction in 1912 | American Vintage Documentary — The Best Film Archives
8. Panama Canal Construction - In Color (1880–1914) — Thomas Relives History
9. Official Panama Canal Construction Time-Lapse — EarthCam
10. Panama Canal Documentary On Building The Panama Canal Full Documentary — Rickie Connell