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.
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Sam
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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.
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