History of the Panama Canal : its construction and builders / by Ira E. Bennett ; associate editors, John Hays Hammond, Patrick J. Lennox, William Joseph Showalter, Capt. Philip Andrews, Rupert Blue, J. Hampton Moore.

Builders' edition

The discovery of Panama -- Early settlements -- Discovery of the South Sea -- Balboa's fall -- Spanish rule of the isthmus -- Turmoil in the colonies -- Raids by the English -- Panama's early growth and decline -- The buccaneers -- The Darien scheme -- The enmity of England -- Panama revolts against Spain -- The United States of Colombia -- The Panama Railroad -- Early canal projects -- De Lesseps's colossal failure -- How Panama triumphed over Nicaragua -- Controversy with Colombia and acquisition of the Canal Zone -- The completed Canal -- The Sanitary Department -- The Canal under Wallace -- The Stevens r egime -- The coming of Goethals -- Culebra cut -- Building the dams -- The story of the locks -- Hammered down unit-costs -- The Canal Army -- Quarters and feeding the Canal Army -- Living conditions in the Zone -- The Canal fortifications -- Terminal facilities -- The Canal in operation -- The Canal government -- Building the foundations / by John F. Wallace -- The railroad men at Panama / by Theodore P. Shonts -- The truth of history / by Jno. F. Stevens -- How the United States acquired the right to dig the Panama Canal / by Theodore Roosevelt -- Panama Canal legislation / by J. Hampton Moore -- Problems of quarantine / by Rupert Blue -- The proposal to complete the Canal by contractors' groups / by Arthur F. MacArthur -- The Navy and the Panama Canal / by Capt. Harry S. Knapp, U.S.N. -- The defense of the Canal Zone / by Maj.-Gen. Leonard Wood -- The Canal from a Navy standpoint / Capt. Philip Andrews, U.S.N. -- Our foreign commerce / by John Hays Hammond -- The effect of the Panama Canal on Hawaii / by Lorrin A. Thurston -- The British Empire and the Panama Canal / by Sir Hiram S. Maxim -- The Dominican Republic and the Panama Canal / by Ignacio Calderon -- The Republic of Panama -- The Canal's first effects on trade, ports, and transportation -- American industries and the Canal -- Industrial rule of honor, Panama Canal -- Biographical -- Appendix.

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