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Army Engineers Highlight Panama Canal Achievements
The article extols the corps of engineers for landmark works including the Panama Canal under Col George W. Goethals. It credits divisions under Sibert Williamson and Gaillard, notes concrete totals, locks, and the Gatun dam, and lauds Washington monuments, city planning, bridges like Cabin John and Arlington Memorial, the Cumberland road, Alaska road commission, and early river and harbor work begun in 1824.
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Engineer Corps
Army
Panama Canal
Fret
George W. Goethals
Atlantic
Sibert
Gatun Daw
Gatun Locks
Pacife
Wilamson
Bet
Gaillard
Culebra
Sogie
Ceat
New York
San
Christopher Wren
St. Paul's Cathedral
Corps of Engineers
National Capital
Washington
Major L'Enfant
Andrew Ellicott
West Point
Ty. L. Casey
Washington Monument
Army Engineers
Capitol
Library of Congress
Government Printing Office
State, War and Navy
Post Office
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Aqueduct
Cabin John
Meigs
Tyler
Georgetown
Virginia
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Mehaffey
Mall
Ariington
Old Cumberland
Cumberland
Bid
St. Louis
Alaska Road Commission