Harry Clow Boardman

OUTLINE OF THESIS ON THE PANAMA CANAL

I. INTRODUCTION

II. INTEROCEANIC CANALS

III. HISTORY OF THE PANAMA ROUTE

IV. TYPE OF CANAL

V. LOCATION, SIZE, AND PLAN

VI. ORGANIZATION OF FORCES

VII. CONSTRUCTION OF THE CANAL PRISM

VIII. CONSTRUCTION OF THE LOCKS

IX. CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAMS

X. SANITATION

XI. SOCIAL LIFE

XII. ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE

Transcriber's Notes

Transcriber’s Note

Transcriber modified the original cover and added a map to it, taken from the original book. The modifications as well as the original are in the Public Domain.

THE PANAMA CANAL

BY
Harry Clow Boardman

THESIS
FOR THE
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN
CIVIL ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

PRESENTED JUNE, 1910

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING.

June 1, 1910

This is to certify that the thesis of HARRY CLOW BOARDMAN entitled The Panama Canal is approved by me as meeting this part of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.

F. O. Dufour
Instructor in Charge.

Approved:

Ira O. Baker.
Professor of Civil Engineering.