Yes, and even more recently, such engineering accomplishments as the Empire State building, Hoover Dam and numerous bridges were accomplished with primitive tools by today's standards. And yet- as I mentioned in a previous post- despite all the hi-tech technology we have today it seems to take longer than ever to build things and it always wind up costing most than they are suppose to. Ofcourse much of this is due to the myriad of red-tape rules and regulations that governs everything these days. It probably takes 5 permits and a Environmental Impact study to decide where to set a portapotty these days.
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