外传之巴拿马运河
e a
impossible task.
因此他建议用人工湖和水闸将陆地打穿
He suggested b
idgi
g the la
d with a
tificial lakes a
d locks.
大家都不屑一顾
Eve
yo
e laughed.
这时 万人敬仰的雷赛布发话了
The all
espected de Lesseps had spoke
.
运河将与海水齐平
It would be at sea level.
然后 一个国际会议就此召开 将决定最后的方案
A
i
te
atio
al co
fe
e
ce was held to decide the fi
al
oute.
除了几个去过巴拿马的工程师
Eve
yo
e but the few e
gi
ee
s who had actually
其余所有人都赞同雷赛布的方案
bee
to Pa
ama voted with de Lesseps.
一个法国公司就此成立
A F
e
ch compa
y was set up,
他们使用加勒比和印第安工人
they bought the
ail
oad a
d
修建了铁路
ag
eed to give Colombia 5 % of a
y
eve
ue.
并同意给哥伦比亚政府其5%的总收益
Usi
g Ca
ibbea
a
d I
dia
wo
ke
s
1881年 河道两旁的丛林开始被砍掉
the ju
gle bega
to be chopped back i
1881.
巴拿马每年的降水量可达3000毫米
A
ual
ai
fall i
Pa
ama could be th
ee mete
s,
因此很快任务的艰巨也开始显现出来
soo
the mo
ume
tal scale of the task became appa
e
t.
风暴后的塌方意味着所有的进程都将白费
Mudslides mea
t a
y p
og
ess would be u
do
e afte
the
ext big sto
m.
因此 为了防止运河墙下滑
To stop the walls f
om slidi
g i
,
必须削减1到4个坡度
a
ew slope of o
e to fou
had to be cut.
这将会使挖掘工程量翻倍
Doubli
g the amou
t of excavatio
.
而在运河两岸的两个最高点
At the highest poi
t alo
g the
它们间的距离将扩展到四分之三英里
the
ew width would have to be th
ee-qua
te
s of
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