Is a Ship Canal Practicable?
by S. T. Abert
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- Author
- Abert, S. T. (Silvanus Thayer), 1828-1903
- Title
- Is a Ship Canal Practicable? Notes, Historical and Statistical, Upon the Projected Routes for an Interoceanic Ship Canal Between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, in Which is Included a Short Account of the Character and Influence of the Canal of Suez, and the Probable Effects Upon the Commerce of the World of the Two Canals, Regarded Either as Rivals, or as Parts of One System of Interoceanic Navigation
- Credits
- Produced by deaurider, Paul Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TC: Technology: Ocean engineering
- Subject
- Canals, Interoceanic
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 61473
- Release Date
- February 21, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.IS A SHIP CANAL PRACTICABLE?
- 2.Untitled
- 3.CHAPTER I.
- 4.CHAPTER II.
- 5.CHAPTER III.
- 6.CHAPTER IV.
- 7.CHAPTER V.
- 8.CHAPTER VI. — TEHUANTEPEC. — HONDURAS. — NICARAGUA. — CHIRIQUI. — COSTA RICA. — PANAMA. — SAN BLAS AND BAYANO RIVER. — DARIEN. — SAN MIGUEL TO THE GULF OF URABÀ. — ATRATO. — DE LA CHARME ROUTE—BY THE WAY OF TUYRA, PAYA, AND CAQUARRI TO THE ATRATA. — ROUTES OF PORTER, KENNISH, AND TRAUTWINE. — MICHLER’S ROUTE.
- 9.CHAPTER VII. — BAROMETER. — CLIMATE. — INDIANS. — BUILDING MATERIAL. — WOOD AND TIMBER. — GEOLOGY.
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