One block deep will not be enough for the majority of ships. It would need to be entirely built on top of the water. Work is going to be keeping me busy today and possibly tomorrow, but guess what?
I hit Gunner… it gave me a stack of TNT, plus I get more every 3.5 hours.
I now have almost 3 stacks of TNT. I have a lot more gunpowder, but I need sand! Donations are welcome, since I’ve already spent a few hundred dollars on sand alone for the top-clearing…. and both Skyshop and Shop seem to be out of stock. I’ve put in a request with Ma_c_hi at /warp wolf to start stocking some.
As a personal to-do list and for anyone else who is curious:
– Finish clearing out the under-tunnel
– Line walls and floor with Stone brick (build up to level 64 with stone brick – this is so anyone falling out of ships or jumping into the canal can still get out)
– Fill the Level 62 line with water
– Drop the water from the middle of the canal toward the edges
[Azuries and I were thinking that maybe we could do portcullises (sp?) on either end, where that final wall between Canal and Ocean is. Have a bunch of people gather their ships and host an opening ceremony! Raise the gate, let people sail through. It can be removed later, but I have fireworks ^^]
Once the actual functioning canal is finished, these are my plans:
– Round out the edges created by cutting through the land, make it look natural again
– Have a road on either side, one for running/horses and the other with a minecart rail
– Have drawbridges dotted along the way (with pressure plates to activate? Is that possible @Saturn?)
– Claim multiple areas along the canal, build cool statues!
I’ll compile all the screenshots I have later into a Dropbox folder so everyone can flip through them. ^^
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