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What America really needs (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If they could do it in ancient Greece then Americans can do it today for sure!

Stolen from [email protected]

Also: although planned over 2000 years ago, it wasn't really made by ancient Greeks. They gave up and made a road to transport ships on it instead of actually digging. Only in modern time did they actually finish the canal

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Wait... They had a movable pool that they rode the ships into and then horses dragged to the other waterway? That sounds awesome

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago

They more or less put wheels on ships or rather loaded them on trailers and simply dragged them over land. Funny thing is that Thucydides (460 BC–395 BC) wrote about this, and described it as an ancient practice!

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/09/diolkos-ancient-trackway-that-carried.html?m=1

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Better even. They made the movable pool quite long. So while the horses dragged the pool the ships could still sail in it. That way the horses didn't need to drag the pool the whole way!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I dont think so. Not in this case at least. They gave up digging in the hard rock and instead made a limestone road to drive them on dry surface.

This is the Corinth canal but before it was made the paved road for transporting ships was called Diolkos

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I know. I was just expanding on the other persons joke (I assume he joked). :)

You are a good person for being this patient and sharing your knowledge.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Oh sorry. My bad

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

if anything i think this is more impressive than digging a stupid canal