Panama Canal Advances: Wilson Blasts the Last Dike
Woodrow Wilson detonated the Gamboa Dike to force a redesign that shifted the Panama Canal from a sea-level lockless project to a lock-based system, ultimately saving the massive undertaking from geological failure and defining its modern engineering legacy.
October 10, 1913
113 years ago
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Charles Martel's Frankish forces crushed Emir Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi's army near Tours, killing the leader and halting the northward advance of Islam from the …
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