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Indiana Progress

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Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1909

Page

3

Panama Canal origin traced through four centuries

J Blair Sutton of Panama, after a Americas trip, writes on the canal’s long history. From Balboa’s 1500s crossing to Spain and France attempts, the quest for a route linked North and South America endured through colonial shifts, with American action under Grant, Roosevelt, and Taft shaping the modern project.

Spain France Sain Wit Tavisary Register J. Blair Sut‘ton Panama Panama Canal Sutton Sam North American North America England Portugal Grant Roosevelt United States Taft Balboa Atlantic Pacific Nombre de ‘Dois Porto Bello Isthmans o‘Balboa Charles V Philp I Nicaragua Philip Ia Philip Jord Nelson Nica Yagua Carnal Henry Clay Jackson Charies Riddle Ito Oregon California Cape Horn New York Isthm United States of Colombia Canal

Progress on the Big Canal Atlantic entrance work

Congressman's account of Panama Canal Atlantic entrance progress details four excavation methods, depth targets, and dredging fleets. It notes 12,392,825 cubic yards removed by November 1909 with 7,819,687 remaining, maintenance needs, and proposed breakwaters and jetty plans near Mind and Mindl Mind canal marsh blasting with dynamite and dredges Caribbean and others. A separate note reports Dr W L Shields injured in a Blackiack township coal mine incident, fracturing his left thigh.

Big Canal J.N. Langham Town Panama Canal Atlantic Big Ditch Canal Limon Bay Gatun Toro Point Manzanilla Point Mindl Caribbean Canal Prism Mind W. L. Shields Jacksonville Graft Blackiack Bugsy Shields Dra. Ansley and Whitworth Balteburg

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