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Comment author: buybuydandavis 12 August 2015 02:17:51AM 1 point [-]

I wonder how many canals are being built these days. That used to be a big thing. Maybe all the low hanging fruit got done long ago.

On river making technology, there must be something. Just read an article that the Danube had been straightened out in a section between Croatia and Serbia in the 19th century.