World's Biggest Mega Dams and Channels | Masters of Engineering | Free Documentary

‘Controlling water is about using it in the best way possible.’ Our doc highlights the masters of water who are the architects behind dams, canals, channels and the engineering feats they created. We visit ~ Corinth Canal ~ Paris and the canals that tamed the Seine: the Canal Saint-Denis, the Canal de l’ourcq and the Canal Saint- Martin ~ Suez Canal when Ferdinand de Lesseps achieved a level of glory unimaginable today. And let his success go to his head. ~ Panama Canal: Construction began 1882. 1889 the company went bankrupt, leaving many investors left penniless. The Peter Principle (aka Dunning-Kruger Effect) kicked in here: de Lesseps rose to a level of incompetence that ultimately killed the project for the French. The Panama Canal and the surrounding geographic conditions and climate were a tad more complicated than se Lesseps anticipated. A headline from the time: Canal digger or grave digger ? as tens of thousands of workers perished during construction. Gustave Eiffel stepped in to help, came up with the concept of locks; which helped but not enough to save it for the French. The French still had to give up, the US stepped in, made the territory around the canal US territory and eventually, the canal was completely 1914. We see how the project SAVE VENICE FROM SINKING AKA an hydraulic dam that rises out of the sea to stop the Lagune from flooding Venice regularly. We learn about the precautions (dams and surge barriers) the Low Countries like the Netherlands are taking in anticipation of rising sea levels due to climate change. We are introduced to the the undisputed master of the arch dam (you know, Hoover Dam type dams) And, we visit the Itaipu dam, which is a binational project between Brazil and Paraguay. The American Society of Civil Engineers elected the dam as one of the seven modern wonders in the world. Enjoy! available: US, CAN, UK, AUS, NZ, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Kenya, South Africa, Netherlands

Its 3am I stumbled upon engineering marvels, honestly not disappointed.

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27:48 "...cases of corruption..." That caught me off-guard 😲

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I watched the entire video on my phone and did not have one ad. Very interesting. Learned a lot in this video

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This is maybe the third time ever, I mean ever that I have posted a comment on a YouTube video, I watch and go... Having said that, this is one of the best documentaries I have ever watched, very informative, extremely well put together

Wow just beautiful .. I have no words the dam , the power station the construction technology . Just beautiful .

It's 7am. I won't eat, get up ,I am amazed at engineering marvels.

Sweet the last 3 words Absolutely yes. Sums up water and how we should be using it. We are smart this was a great show

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I’ve been learning a lot about dams of late but I’ve only just now learned about Itaipu! Truly magnificent!