What Is Panama Canal Building the Panama Canal Photographs CobbleStone History

Description: What Is Panama Canal Building the Panama Canal Photographs CobbleStone History EBay has limited the number of "identical" books that will appear in their "Best Match" search for any one seller. In order to see all of the BOOKS I have up for bids, please select ANY search sorting OTHER THAN "Best Match". You get ALL THREE books on The Panama Canal! CobbleStone – The History Magazine for Children The Panama Canal Paperback 49 pages (2001) Discover American History: The Panama Canal is an artificial 51 mile waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a conduit for maritime trade. One of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, taken over from the French by the US government, in progress ten long years from 1904 – 1914. The book has copies of original B&W photos, color photos and illustrations. The articles discuss the geographic challenges, discrimination between the white and non-white workers; yellow fever disease, what are locks and more.What Is the Panama Canal?Paperback 108 pages Illustrated, (2014) Reading age: 8 - 12 years; Grade level: 3 - 7Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the world’s most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal! The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs by Ulrich KellePaperback: 128 pages, Publisher: Dover Publications; (2016 printing)From the Back Cover: In 1889 the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interoceanique declared bankruptcy. The French firm's optimistic and ill-planned attempt to construct a canal across the Isthmus of Panama had resulted in the death of 22,000 workers (most from yellow fever, typhoid fever, and malaria); the complete loss of one and a half billion francs for the company's 800,000 shareholders; and the bitter failure of Chief Engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps - the man responsible for the Suez Canal. On August 15, 1914, the S.S. Ancon took nine hours and forty minutes to traverse the lock-and-lake waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. What occurred in the quarter century between 1889 and 1914 is a larger-than-life true story of adventure, revolution, ordeal, and accomplishment: the building of the Panama Canal - perhaps the greatest engineering marvel of the early twentieth century.In 164 magnificent historic photographs and a well-researched text, noted photo-historian Ulrich Keller tells the compelling story of this hitherto unparalleled technological achievement. Selected from an archive of over 10,000 images amassed by Ernest Hallen (Official Photographer of the Isthmian Canal Commission), these historic prints document the Canal's construction and its way of life: 450 miles of railroad; housing for 60,000 based on a caste system; the exotic settings; tremendous hardships and health risks; leisure activities; the Canal Zone's internal government, administration and policing; dredging operations, including spectacular movements of earth and water; unheard-of engineering feats and disastrous failures; and finally, victory!Photographers, historians, engineers, and students of industry and technology will immediately recognize this volume as an important primary source of industrial archaeology. Photography enthusiasts and lovers of true adventure will delight in the vibrant, you-are-there sensation imparted by the photos and Ulrich Keller's exceptionally informed text and meticulous captions. The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs takes the reader back to a different era, and one of the proudest episodes in what the author calls "the 'heroic' age of industry." I do NOT use "Stock Photos". Every item I sell has an individual scanned picture so you can see what you are REALLY getting. This is a previously owned lot in good condition; with worn edges, has clean & complete texts & good binding. Both books are unmarked except for ex-owner info on the title page I have other COOKBOOKS up for bids as well as other books and will happily combine shipping to reduce postage costs for the bidder. I combine shipping. Check out my auctions, maybe you'll find something you didn't know you needed. ********************************************************************************* Shipping charges: If the item is not as advertised, I will pay return shipping. Item condition: Upon receipt by the seller, item must be in the same condition as shown in its pictures. Buyer can re-use the packing materials & the original mailing box. Restocking fee: There is a $1 restocking fee unless the item was wrongly described. Refund: Money will be refunded upon receipt of item. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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