The Panama Canal: Readings on Its HistorySCOTT (copy 1): from the John Holmes Library collection. |
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In 1881 the great engineer James Buchanan Eads obtained a concession from Mexico for an interoceanic ship railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec where the United States had gained substantial transit privileges at the time of the ...
In 1881 the great engineer James Buchanan Eads obtained a concession from Mexico for an interoceanic ship railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec where the United States had gained substantial transit privileges at the time of the ...
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Then for four years he was on duty in Washington as assistant to the chief engineer of the United States Army . When the Spanish War broke out he went to Chickamauga as chief engineer of the First Army Corps , under Major - Gen- eral ...
Then for four years he was on duty in Washington as assistant to the chief engineer of the United States Army . When the Spanish War broke out he went to Chickamauga as chief engineer of the First Army Corps , under Major - Gen- eral ...
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The authors of this work themselves played important roles in the construction of the canal , Sibert as a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission and the engineer in charge of building the Gatun locks and dam , and the channel from ...
The authors of this work themselves played important roles in the construction of the canal , Sibert as a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission and the engineer in charge of building the Gatun locks and dam , and the channel from ...
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RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
PAUL J SCHEIPS | 53 |
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