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===Industrial reclamation efforts===

[[File:Pathfinder Dam - Wyoming.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Prince Patrick's Dam (1867), a mason dam and one of the largest in the world to that time, is one of many projects built during the Aedanicad to irrigate the frontier region.]]

In the 1860s during the [[Aedanicad]], [[Aedanicus VIII]] prioritized the contruction of what were then considered megaprojects, massive irrigation projects including some of the world's largest dams built up until that point.

In the 1860s during the [[Aedanicad]], [[Aedanicus VIII]] prioritized the contruction of what were then considered megaprojects, massive irrigation projects including some of the world's largest dams built up until that point. While many of these projects were successfully completed in the 1860s and early 1870s, all construction faced significant problems due to the lack of transportation infrastructure and the logistical support that infrastructure would have provided. As railroads through the frontier were not completed until the mid-1880s, these projects were significantly expensive. Due to their cost, the [[Concilium Daoni]] appropriated significant amounts of money to these projects, much of which was lost by corruption and graft. Consequently, several speculators began to buy up land around rivers and would sell the land to the [[Government of Urcea]] for greatly inflated sums, turning quick profits. Many companies and individuals spoke publicly of secret shortcuts and local guides who could easily move materials to construction sites, only for these individuals to disappear once awarded a government contract with partial upfront payments. Aedanicus's construction projects became unpopular in Urcean politics by 1870, though support from members of the Daoni from the frontier, [[Canaery]], and [[Gassavelia]] gave the King support necessary to see these projects through. Some irrigation projects were began and abandoned by both the government and private contractors, and aborted dams and other structures can still be found in canyons and along rivers today.

===Golden Age of the Frontier===

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 ===Industrial reclamation efforts===
 [[File:Pathfinder Dam - Wyoming.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Prince Patrick's Dam (1867), a mason dam and one of the largest in the world to that time, is one of many projects built during the Aedanicad to irrigate the frontier region.]]
-In the 1860s during the [[Aedanicad]], [[Aedanicus VIII]] prioritized the contruction of what were then considered megaprojects, massive irrigation projects including some of the world's largest dams built up until that point.
+In the 1860s during the [[Aedanicad]], [[Aedanicus VIII]] prioritized the contruction of what were then considered megaprojects, massive irrigation projects including some of the world's largest dams built up until that point. While many of these projects were successfully completed in the 1860s and early 1870s, all construction faced significant problems due to the lack of transportation infrastructure and the logistical support that infrastructure would have provided. As railroads through the frontier were not completed until the mid-1880s, these projects were significantly expensive. Due to their cost, the [[Concilium Daoni]] appropriated significant amounts of money to these projects, much of which was lost by corruption and graft. Consequently, several speculators began to buy up land around rivers and would sell the land to the [[Government of Urcea]] for greatly inflated sums, turning quick profits. Many companies and individuals spoke publicly of secret shortcuts and local guides who could easily move materials to construction sites, only for these individuals to disappear once awarded a government contract with partial upfront payments. Aedanicus's construction projects became unpopular in Urcean politics by 1870, though support from members of the Daoni from the frontier, [[Canaery]], and [[Gassavelia]] gave the King support necessary to see these projects through. Some irrigation projects were began and abandoned by both the government and private contractors, and aborted dams and other structures can still be found in canyons and along rivers today.
 ===Golden Age of the Frontier===

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