The Panama Canal: Comprising Its History and Construction, and Its Relation to the Navy, International Law and CommerceJ. Wiley & sons, Incorporated, 1914 - 257 pages |
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... flow , or otherwise the river must be turned off before reaching the canal by a new channel or diver- sion to the sea parallel to the canal . The French actu- ally built a very wide diversion to the sea , 8 miles long . The Trinidad ...
... flow , or otherwise the river must be turned off before reaching the canal by a new channel or diver- sion to the sea parallel to the canal . The French actu- ally built a very wide diversion to the sea , 8 miles long . The Trinidad ...
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... flow continued through the canal . The large bend in the river where it sweeps toward Gatun is " short - circuited " by a cut - off known as the Chagres diversion . Deadening this bend elim- inated two river crossings and shortened the ...
... flow continued through the canal . The large bend in the river where it sweeps toward Gatun is " short - circuited " by a cut - off known as the Chagres diversion . Deadening this bend elim- inated two river crossings and shortened the ...
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... flow of the Chagres into it will be discharged by the carefully designed concrete spillway , which cuts through the middle of the great earth dam at a point where a rocky eminence afforded a safe location . The normal water surface of ...
... flow of the Chagres into it will be discharged by the carefully designed concrete spillway , which cuts through the middle of the great earth dam at a point where a rocky eminence afforded a safe location . The normal water surface of ...
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... flow , extremely slow , but always moving toward the river and down the valley with the river . Its rate of flow depends on the character of the material , the frictional resistance , and the distance to be traveled ; it is ...
... flow , extremely slow , but always moving toward the river and down the valley with the river . Its rate of flow depends on the character of the material , the frictional resistance , and the distance to be traveled ; it is ...
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... flow of Chagres River and of minor streams . The data desired for this purpose pertains to the driest period that may be reasonably expected , and the best way to predict it is from records of the flow of the Chagres in past years . The ...
... flow of Chagres River and of minor streams . The data desired for this purpose pertains to the driest period that may be reasonably expected , and the best way to predict it is from records of the flow of the Chagres in past years . The ...
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Page 180 - ... 3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal except so far as may be strictly necessary; and the transit of such vessels through the canal shall be effected with the least possible delay...
Page 185 - It is agreed that the canal may be constructed under the auspices of the Government of the United States, either directly at its own cost, or by gift or loan of money to individuals or Corporations, or through subscription to or purchase of stock or shares, and that, subject to the provisions of the present Treaty, the said Government shall have and enjoy all the rights incident to such construction, as well as the exclusive right of providing for the regulation and management of the canal.
Page 186 - Treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof , and by His Britannic Majesty; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington or at London at the earliest possible time within six months from the date hereof.
Page 165 - The Suez Maritime Canal shall always be free and open, in time of war as in time of peace, to every vessel of commerce or of war, without distinction of flag.
Page 188 - The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control...
Page 170 - II which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory within which said lands and waters are located to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights, power or authority.
Page 163 - The Maritime Canal remaining open in time of war as a free passage, even to the ships of war of belligerents, according to the terms of Article I. of the present Treaty, the High Contracting Parties agree that no right of war, no act of hostility, nor any act having for its object to obstruct the free navigation of the Canal...
Page 240 - ... 5. The provisions of this article shall apply to waters adjacent to the canal within 3 marine miles of either end. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not remain in such waters longer than twenty-four hours at any one time except in case of distress, and in such case shall depart as soon as possible; but a vessel of war of one belligerent shall not depart within twenty-four hours from the departure of a vessel of war of the other belligerent.
Page 178 - His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, &c., and Apostolic King of Hungary...
Page 187 - Colombia, and the sovereignty of such territory being actually vested in the Republic of Panama, the high contracting parties have resolved for that purpose to conclude a convention and have accordingly appointed as their plenipotentiaries, — The President of the United States of America, John Hay, Secretary of State, and The Government of the Republic of Panama, Philippe...