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Page 202
... Canal Zone and Panama Canal above sea level , and the bottom of the Cut was The Canal Zone , in effect a U.S. Government reservation , is a strip of land extending 5 mi . on either side of the axis of the Panama Canal on the Isthmus of ...
... Canal Zone and Panama Canal above sea level , and the bottom of the Cut was The Canal Zone , in effect a U.S. Government reservation , is a strip of land extending 5 mi . on either side of the axis of the Panama Canal on the Isthmus of ...
Page 236
... Canal System Source : State Department of Public Works CARGO TRAFFIC , NET TONS , BOTH WAYS ON N. Y. STATE CANALS ... Canal was opened Oct. 26 , 1825. The construction of the improved canal was begun in 1903 when , by referendum , a bond ...
... Canal System Source : State Department of Public Works CARGO TRAFFIC , NET TONS , BOTH WAYS ON N. Y. STATE CANALS ... Canal was opened Oct. 26 , 1825. The construction of the improved canal was begun in 1903 when , by referendum , a bond ...
Page 351
... CANAL The Suez Canal , 103 mi . long , joins the Medi- terranean and the Red Sea . Its minimum width is 196 ft . 10 in . , and maximum draft for vessels 35 ft . It was begun April 25 , 1859 , by a French cor- poration under Ferdinand de ...
... CANAL The Suez Canal , 103 mi . long , joins the Medi- terranean and the Red Sea . Its minimum width is 196 ft . 10 in . , and maximum draft for vessels 35 ft . It was begun April 25 , 1859 , by a French cor- poration under Ferdinand de ...
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