The Panama Canal

About this eBook

Author

Haskin, Frederic J. (Frederic Jennings), 1872-1944

Credits

E-text prepared by Linda Cantoni, Bryan Ness, Julia Neufeld, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project ( books.google.com)

Language

English

LoC Class

TC: Technology: Ocean engineering

Subject

Panama Canal (Panama)

Category

Text

eBook-No.

41807

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41807

Release Date

January 9, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE PANAMA CANAL — THE PANAMA CANAL
2. 2.FREDERIC J. HASKIN
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.THE ILLUSTRATIONS
7. 7.DIAGRAMS
8. 8.The Panama Canal
9. 9.CHAPTER I — THE LAND DIVIDED—THE WORLD UNITED
10. 10.CHAPTER II — GREATEST ENGINEERING PROJECT
11. 11.CHAPTER III — GATUN DAM
12. 12.CHAPTER IV — THE LOCKS
13. 13.CHAPTER V — THE LOCK MACHINERY
14. 14.CHAPTER VI — CULEBRA CUT
15. 15.CHAPTER VII — ENDS OF THE CANAL
16. 16.CHAPTER VIII — THE PANAMA RAILROAD
17. 17.CHAPTER IX — SANITATION
18. 18.CHAPTER X — THE MAN AT THE HELM
19. 19.CHAPTER XI — THE ORGANIZATION
20. 20.CHAPTER XII — THE AMERICAN WORKERS
21. 21.CHAPTER XIII — THE NEGRO WORKERS
22. 22.CHAPTER XIV — THE COMMISSARY
23. 23.CHAPTER XV — LIFE ON THE ZONE
24. 24.CHAPTER XVI — PAST ISTHMIAN PROJECTS
25. 25.CHAPTER XVII — THE FRENCH FAILURE
26. 26.CHAPTER XVIII — CHOOSING THE PANAMA ROUTE
27. 27.CHAPTER XIX — CONTROVERSY WITH COLOMBIA
28. 28.CHAPTER XX — RELATIONS WITH PANAMA
29. 29.CHAPTER XXI — THE CANAL ZONE GOVERNMENT
30. 30.CHAPTER XXII — CONGRESS AND THE CANAL
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIII — SEA-LEVEL CANAL IMPOSSIBLE
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIV — FORTIFICATIONS
33. 33.CHAPTER XXV — FIXING THE TOLLS
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVI — THE OPERATING FORCE
35. 35.CHAPTER XXVII — HANDLING THE TRAFFIC
36. 36.CHAPTER XXVIII — THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
37. 37.CHAPTER XXIX — OTHER GREAT CANALS
38. 38.CHAPTER XXX — A NEW COMMERCIAL MAP
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXI — AMERICAN TRADE OPPORTUNITIES
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXII — THE PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION
41. 41.INDEX

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