The Panama Canal
by Duncan E. McKinlay
★★★★★No ratings yet
Language: English
Sign in to rate this book.
Sign in to shelve this book.
About this eBook
- Author
- McKinlay, Duncan E., 1862-
- Credits
- Produced by Donald Cummings, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F1561: Latin America local history: Panama
- Subject
- Panama Canal (Panama)
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 47452
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47452
- Release Date
- November 25, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE PANAMA CANAL
- 2.THE PANAMA CANAL — The History of the Canal — Nine Different Routes Proposed — The Isthmian Routes — The Panama Railroad — The French Company — De Lesseps’ Plan — Wastefulness of the French Company — Significance of the “Oregon’s” Course — The Canal Commission — Acquirement of the Canal Zone — The New Republic of Panama
- 3.Terms of the Treaty — Sanitization of the Canal Zone — War on the Mosquito — The Present Low Death Rate — The Two Types of Canal — The Lock System Adopted — Army Engineers Installed — Old French Machinery — The Gatun Dam — The Work of Excavation — Operation of the Locks — The Future of the Canal
Community reviews
Sign in to write a review.
No reviews yet.