The Panama Canal. Frederic J. Haskin

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066218836

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

       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