The Panama Canal

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FREDERIC J. HASKIN

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

THE ILLUSTRATIONS

DIAGRAMS

The Panama Canal

THE PANAMA CANAL CHAPTER I THE LAND DIVIDED THE WORLD UNITED

CHAPTER II GREATEST ENGINEERING PROJECT

CHAPTER III GATUN DAM

CHAPTER IV THE LOCKS

CHAPTER V THE LOCK MACHINERY

CHAPTER VI CULEBRA CUT

CHAPTER VII ENDS OF THE CANAL

CHAPTER VIII THE PANAMA RAILROAD

CHAPTER IX SANITATION

CHAPTER X THE MAN AT THE HELM

CHAPTER XI THE ORGANIZATION

CHAPTER XII THE AMERICAN WORKERS

CHAPTER XIII THE NEGRO WORKERS

CHAPTER XIV THE COMMISSARY

CHAPTER XV LIFE ON THE ZONE

CHAPTER XVI PAST ISTHMIAN PROJECTS

CHAPTER XVII THE FRENCH FAILURE

CHAPTER XVIII CHOOSING THE PANAMA ROUTE

CHAPTER XIX CONTROVERSY WITH COLOMBIA

CHAPTER XX RELATIONS WITH PANAMA

CHAPTER XXI THE CANAL ZONE GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER XXII CONGRESS AND THE CANAL

CHAPTER XXIII SEA-LEVEL CANAL IMPOSSIBLE

CHAPTER XXIV FORTIFICATIONS

CHAPTER XXV FIXING THE TOLLS

CHAPTER XXVI THE OPERATING FORCE

CHAPTER XXVII HANDLING THE TRAFFIC

CHAPTER XXVIII THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA

CHAPTER XXIX OTHER GREAT CANALS

CHAPTER XXX A NEW COMMERCIAL MAP

CHAPTER XXXI AMERICAN TRADE OPPORTUNITIES

CHAPTER XXXII THE PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION

INDEX

Title: The Panama Canal

Author: Frederic Jennings Haskin

Language: English

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THE PANAMA CANAL

intro

The 5 Points of
Authority in
this Book

1. All of the chapters in this book pertaining to the actual construction of the Canal were read and corrected by Colonel George W. Goethals, Chairman and Chief Engineer of the Isthmian Canal Commission.

2. All of the illustrations were made from photographs taken by Mr. Ernest Hallen, the official photographer of the Commission.

3. The book contains the beautiful, colored Bird's-eye View of the Canal Zone, made under the direction of the National Geographic Society, as well as the black-and-white official map of the Canal.

4. The extensive index was prepared by Mr. G. Thomas Ritchie, of the staff of the Library of Congress.

5. The final proofs were revised by Mr. Howard E. Sherman, of the Government Printing Office, to conform with the typographical style of the United States Government.

———

"The American Government,"

by the same author, was read by millions of Americans, and still holds the record as the world's best seller among all works of its kind.


BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE PANAMA CANAL
ATLANTIC OCEAN                            PACIFIC OCEAN
Courtesy, National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D. C.
Copyright, 1913, by the J. N. Matthews Co., Buffalo, N. Y.


THE PANAMA CANAL

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