The S. Sicon passing through the Pedro Miguel lock-the first steamer through the canal.

HISTORY

OF THE

PANAMA CANAL

ITS CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDERS

BY

IRA E. BENNETT

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

JOHN HAYS HAMMOND
PATRICK J. LENNOX, B.A., LITT.D.
WILLIAM JOSEPH SHOWALTER
CAPT. PHILIP ANDREWS, U. S. N.
RUPERT BLUE, M.D., D.P.H.
J. HAMPTON MOORE

BUILDERS' EDITION

WASHINGTON, D. C.

HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY

DISTRICT NATIONAL BANK BUILDING

1915

Copyright 1915, by

IRA E. BENNETT
Washington, D. C.

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