The North American Review, Volume 180, Part 2University of Northern Iowa, 1905 |
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Page 821
... canal from one end to the other , being omitted in the Bitter Lakes , of course . There are more contrasts than resemblances between the Suez and Panama projects , but each is as old as the limits of history admit . The conception of a ...
... canal from one end to the other , being omitted in the Bitter Lakes , of course . There are more contrasts than resemblances between the Suez and Panama projects , but each is as old as the limits of history admit . The conception of a ...
Page 822
... canal locks . A considerable percentage of the over - sea - carrying trade controlled by British bottoms is geographically independent of canals , and will always be . For example , the bulk of traffic to and from the west coast of ...
... canal locks . A considerable percentage of the over - sea - carrying trade controlled by British bottoms is geographically independent of canals , and will always be . For example , the bulk of traffic to and from the west coast of ...
Page 827
... canal . Optimistic students of ocean - transportation statistics say the canal will draw 10,000,000 tons of shipping a year ; others , con- servative of opinion , say half this volume . Taking the mean of these estimates , I hazard the ...
... canal . Optimistic students of ocean - transportation statistics say the canal will draw 10,000,000 tons of shipping a year ; others , con- servative of opinion , say half this volume . Taking the mean of these estimates , I hazard the ...
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