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

• Pubblicazione: Reston, Virginia : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (411 p.)
• Disciplina: 627/.1370972875
• Soggetto topico: Channels (Hydraulic engineering)
• Soggetto geografico: Panama Canal (Panama) Congresses
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): DennisBernard G., Jr.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Engineering the Panama Canal
• ISBN: 0-7844-7871-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460357903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II