by Marshall Brain | March 26, 2009
Palm Island in Dubai is a giant man-made island:
But how did they build it? The whole thing is constructed from stone and sand. But engineers had to solve a whole slew of problems in order to get the job done. Here are the details of the island’s construction:
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