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Engineering the Panama Canal : a centennial retrospective : proceedings of sessions honoring the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal at the ASCE Global Engineering Conference 2014, October 7-11, 2014, Panama City, Panama / / sponsored by the History and Heritage Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; edited by Bernard G. Dennis Jr |
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Reston, Virginia : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (411 p.) |
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Channels (Hydraulic engineering) |
Electronic books. |
Panama Canal (Panama) Congresses |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Early Efforts""; ""UK Britain and the Trans-isthmian Dream""; ""The French Attempt to Construct a Canal at Panama""; ""Building the Canal""; ""Building the Panama Canal (Men, Machines, and Methods)""; ""Men Responsible""; ""George S. Morison and Philippe Bunau-Varilla: The Indispensable Men of Panama""; ""The American Engineers that Built the Panama Canal""; ""Remembering Joseph Pennell and the Panama Canal""; ""Akira Aoyama's Achievements on the Panama Canal Project""; ""After Completion""; ""Gatun Dam History and Developments"" |
""The 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco and Panama Canal Model, Conference and Proceedings"" |
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