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
EAN 4057664563156
Table of Contents
PREFACE
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
| 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 |
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IN THE CUT, LOOKING SOUTH TOWARDS CULEBRA (The gorge between Golden and Silver |