The Panama Canal: Writings of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Officers Who Conceived and Built It

Abstract

The works listed here deal with virtually every major consideration associated with the building of the canal. They range from discussions of political and social questions to matters of hydrology, meteorology, medicine, excavation, lock and dam construction, and the progress of the work. Some of the publications are of a technical nature and aimed at an audience of professional engineers. Others, written for popular consumption, appeared in mass circulation periodicals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 26, 2012
Accession Number
ADA564251

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Brodhead

Organizations

  • United States Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Canals
  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Excavation
  • Governments
  • Meteorology
  • New York
  • Panama Canal
  • Periodicals
  • Social Sciences
  • United States
  • Water Supplies

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies