The Panama Canal and Its Makers. Vaughan Cornish

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       Vaughan Cornish

      The Panama Canal and Its Makers

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664563156

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       ILLUSTRATIONS

       INTRODUCTION

       CHAPTER I

       CHAPTER II

       CHAPTER III

       CHAPTER IV

       CHAPTER V

       CHAPTER VI

       CHAPTER VII

       INDEX

PREFACE

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      I AM indebted to many persons for advice and information in connection with my study of the Panama Canal, and wish to thank particularly His Excellency the Rt. Hon. James Bryce, the Rt. Hon. Lord Avebury, Mr. Claude Mallet, C.M.G., Colonel George E. Church, Colonel George W. Goethals, chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission, and his colleagues, Colonel W.C. Gorgas, M.D., Major D.D. Gaillard, Major William L. Sibert, Mr. Jackson Smith, and Mr. Bucklin Bishop. Also Major Chester Harding, Mr. Arango, Mr. G.R. Shanton, Chief of Police, Mr. William Gerig (formerly in charge of the Gatun Dam), Mr. Mason W. Mitchell, and Mr. Tracy Robinson.

      VAUGHAN CORNISH.

      November, 1908.

ILLUSTRATIONS

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MAKERS OF THE CANAL	Frontispiece
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STATUE OF COLUMBUS, CHRISTOBAL, COLON	18
CHRISTCHURCH, COLON	18
LOCK AND DAM SITE, GATUN (The house is on the crest-line of the dam, which will extend to the hills on the right)	26
EXCAVATING FOR THE DOUBLE FLIGHT OF THREE LOCKS AT GATUN (In fine-grained argillaceous sandstone rock)	26
RE-LOCATION OF RAILWAY ABOVE GATUN DAM (The trestle embankment will run as a causeway across a bay of the lake)	30
MOTOR TROLLEY FOR INSPECTION OF WORKS (In the background are screened houses of employees)	30
TROPICAL FOREST, WITH HEAVY GROWTH OF PARASITIC PLANTS	36
JUNGLE WITH PIPE THROUGH WHICH OIL IS CONVEYED BY GRAVITATION ACROSS THE ISTHMUS	36
CHAGRES RIVER NEAR BARBACOES (In the dry season—looking down stream)	42
CHAGRES RIVER NEAR OBISPO (In the dry season)	42
FRENCH DREDGER LAID UP (Several of these have recently been put in use again)	48
FRENCH TRUCKS PARTLY COVERED WITH FOREST GROWTH (Many of these were used at first by the Americans, but are now replaced by larger ones)	48
EXCAVATION NEAR TAVERNILLA	52
RIVER CHAGRES AND RAILWAY NEAR GORGONA	52
LIDGERWOOD UNLOADER, WINDING APPARATUS	56
ANOPHELES BRIGADE OILING A DITCH	56
100-TON WRECKING CRANE, GORGONA	62
INTERIOR OF MACHINE SHOP, GORGONA	62
MACHINE SHOPS, GORGONA	66
CLUB HOUSE FOR EMPLOYEES, GORGONA (Managed by the Y.M.C.A.)	66
EXCAVATION IN THE CUT	72
PIPE FOR DIVERSION OF A RIVER, NEAR EMPIRE	72
IN THE CUT, WIDTH 500 FEET	76
IN THE CUT, LOOKING SOUTH TOWARDS CULEBRA (The gorge between Golden and Silver Скачать книгу 1 2 3 4 > В конец