The Great Antilles. Porto Rico. Guam. HawaiiJ. C. Winston Company, 1906 |
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... engineers were directed to explore the country from the mouth of the Coatzacoalcos to Te- huantepec with a view to ascertaining the practica- bility of a waterway from ocean to ocean . This was the first canal project entertained for ...
... engineers were directed to explore the country from the mouth of the Coatzacoalcos to Te- huantepec with a view to ascertaining the practica- bility of a waterway from ocean to ocean . This was the first canal project entertained for ...
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... arch , which has survived the disintegration of the building , is an architectural curiosity . The secret of its construction remains a puzzle to engineers and builders . VANDERBILT COMPANY IN NICARAGUA . 373 The United States Government.
... arch , which has survived the disintegration of the building , is an architectural curiosity . The secret of its construction remains a puzzle to engineers and builders . VANDERBILT COMPANY IN NICARAGUA . 373 The United States Government.
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... engineers , by whom the plan was pro- nounced as entirely practicable , although they rec- ommended some modification of its details . In view of the fact that the British Government was jointly pledged with the United States to protect ...
... engineers , by whom the plan was pro- nounced as entirely practicable , although they rec- ommended some modification of its details . In view of the fact that the British Government was jointly pledged with the United States to protect ...
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... Engineers , United States Army ; C. P. Patterson , Superintendent of the Coast Survey ; and Commodore Daniel Ammen ... engineer , surveyed the entire Nicaragua route , following the line taken by Childs , except for a slight deviation in ...
... Engineers , United States Army ; C. P. Patterson , Superintendent of the Coast Survey ; and Commodore Daniel Ammen ... engineer , surveyed the entire Nicaragua route , following the line taken by Childs , except for a slight deviation in ...
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... engineers prepared plans for the Government of Honduras , in 1872 , for a similar transportation line from Pureto Caballos to Fon- seca Bay , to carry ships of twelve hundred tons . The Republic failed to obtain the money necessary to ...
... engineers prepared plans for the Government of Honduras , in 1872 , for a similar transportation line from Pureto Caballos to Fon- seca Bay , to carry ships of twelve hundred tons . The Republic failed to obtain the money necessary to ...
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