FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 5 days agodays of future pastlemmy.caimagemessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1659arrow-down116file-text
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minus-squareWalleyeWarrior@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 days agoThe barges were just a little less than a few meters wide. The manpower to build a 100km long canal that is 2.5-3 meters wide is substantially less than what it takes to dig one 8 meters wide in the era before steam shovels.
The barges were just a little less than a few meters wide. The manpower to build a 100km long canal that is 2.5-3 meters wide is substantially less than what it takes to dig one 8 meters wide in the era before steam shovels.