The Panama Canal: Readings on Its HistorySCOTT (copy 1): from the John Holmes Library collection. |
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... oceans nor provide means for con- necting the ocean with the river , but that in order to maintain a road between Nombre de Diós and Panama and to clear the Chagres River to the head of navigation , all that would be neces- sary would ...
... oceans nor provide means for con- necting the ocean with the river , but that in order to maintain a road between Nombre de Diós and Panama and to clear the Chagres River to the head of navigation , all that would be neces- sary would ...
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... Ocean to the Straits of Magellan no tempting stream that poured its waters into either ocean was neglected ; no bay , no inlet failed to receive the careful examination of the explorer ; no dream too wild but found its supporters - but ...
... Ocean to the Straits of Magellan no tempting stream that poured its waters into either ocean was neglected ; no bay , no inlet failed to receive the careful examination of the explorer ; no dream too wild but found its supporters - but ...
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... ocean to ocean . The entire length of the road was 47 miles 3.020 feet , with a maximum grade of sixty feet to the mile . The sum- mit grade was 258 feet above the assumed grade at the Atlantic , and 242 % above the assumed grade at the ...
... ocean to ocean . The entire length of the road was 47 miles 3.020 feet , with a maximum grade of sixty feet to the mile . The sum- mit grade was 258 feet above the assumed grade at the Atlantic , and 242 % above the assumed grade at the ...
Contents
RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
No Fortifications for the Panama Canal Reprinted from American Review of Reviews | 13 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
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1st Sess agreement Ambrose W Article authority Board of Trade California Canal Zone Chagres Chiriqui Clayton-Bulwer Treaty coast Colombia Colon Colonel Goethals commerce Committee concession Cong Congress constitution construction convention cost Costa Rica defense economic employees engineer excavation favor feet fleet foreign Government Granada grant Hay-Pauncefote Treaty House ibid interests interoceanic canal Isthmian Canal Isthmus of Panama Lafond Lake Nicaragua land Latin America lock canal Maritime ment miles military nations naval navigation Navy negotiations neutrality Nicaragua Canal Nicaragua route ocean officers Panama Canal Commission Panama Canal Company Panama Canal Treaty Panama Railroad Panama route Panamanian parties political ports President proposed protection question ratification relations Republic of Panama resolution River road San Juan San Juan River sea-level canal Secretary Senate ship railway sovereignty Suez Canal Tehuantepec territory Thompson tion Torrijos transit United vessels Washington York