I saw the old control room. I saw the control room where the lock is being operated, the old control room. So the Panama Canal was built in 1914. The United States built [the Panama Canal], and we lost thousands and thousands of lives building it. It's an incredible engineering marvel. So the old control room had these brass GE equipment. You saw the old ge, General Electric, they built one of the first early computers to help operate the locks. (27:54–28:01)
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