TEXT:and turns the North into a global economic powerhouse. The man behind the canal is New York's gung -ho governor, Dewitt Clinton. Born to wealth, he won't take no for an answer. He wants to be president. Instead, he runs New York for 20 years. America was blessed with many inspirational leaders, and I think Dewitt Clinton had a real sense of how important new York could be for America. Clinton's vision: to make New York rich. Politically, the canal is a huge gamble. It's savaged in the press as dangerous and too expensive. They call it "Clinton's big ditch." But it will change New York forever. It is a work more stupendous, more magnificent, and more beneficial than has hither to been achieved by the human race. Entrepreneurship is about doing things when you don't know what it's gonna look like, you don't know what it's gonna be made of, you j ust have this instinct that you can do it and it'll work. Those guys had visions and did it. 50,000 men. 11 million cubic yards of rock. Enough to fill the Rose Bowl 26,000 times. Crews are filled with Irish immigrants. David Gilroy makes five times what he can earn back home, but it's hazardous work. They're literally moving mountains, and there's only one way through-- gunpowder. A highly combustible mix of nitrate, charcoal and sulfur. The wrong proportions can be lethal.

譯文:把整個北方變成了全球經濟中心。主持運河開鑿的是滿腔熱忱的紐約州州長德威特·克林頓。出身富庶之家的他堅信一切皆可為，他有志當總統卻最終在紐約州長任上盡心竭力了20年。魯道夫·W·朱利安尼[前紐約市市長]：“美國歷史上出現過許多獨具慧眼的領導人，我認為德威特·克林頓深知紐約州的發展對美國意義重大。”克林頓的愿景是讓紐約州富起來。從政治層面說，開鑿運河就像一場豪賭，輿論紛紛抨擊這項危險而又昂貴的工程。他們將其戲稱為"克林頓的大溝"，而這條"大溝"將永遠改變紐約州。這一工程比人類迄今為止所完成的任何工程都更偉大，更壯觀并能產生更多效益。邁克爾·R·彭博[紐約市市長]：“所謂創業精神就是盡管你不知道結果怎樣，也不知道該如何著手，你所憑借的只是一種直覺，一種充滿必勝信心的直覺，這群人很有遠見并且敢想敢做。”5萬人，1100萬立方碼的石塊。玫瑰碗球場可容納92,542人，足以填滿26000個玫瑰碗球場。工人中有很多是愛爾蘭移民，大衛·吉爾羅伊在這里掙的錢是家鄉的5倍，但這是項危險的工作。他們其實是在移山，而唯一可行的辦法就是用火藥。這是一種由硝酸鹽，木炭及硫磺制成的極易燃的混合物，一旦配比出錯后果就是致命的。