Investigation of Panama Canal Matters: Hearings Before the Committee on Interoceanic Canals of the United States Senate in the Matter of the Senate Resolution Adopted January 9, 1906, Providing for an Investigation of Matters Relating to the Panama Canal, Etc. [Jan. 11, 1906-Feb. 12, 1907], Volumul 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 |
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Pagina 1952
... miles long to retain a head of water of 85 feet across an alluvial valley similar to the valley of the Chagres at Gatun , in which exist already two subsurface gorges , one of which alone is 1,000 feet across and 240 feet deep , which ...
... miles long to retain a head of water of 85 feet across an alluvial valley similar to the valley of the Chagres at Gatun , in which exist already two subsurface gorges , one of which alone is 1,000 feet across and 240 feet deep , which ...
Pagina 1964
... miles , that weight would be there transmitted on that water to push it through under that clay , and you might find ... miles away from it , due to that cause , because that pressure is underneath the entire surface of your dam , no mat ...
... miles , that weight would be there transmitted on that water to push it through under that clay , and you might find ... miles away from it , due to that cause , because that pressure is underneath the entire surface of your dam , no mat ...
Pagina 1971
... miles , if you please . Mr. WALLACE . It is practically about 10 miles . Senator MORGAN . At Bohio you bored across and developed a deep gulch ? Mr. WALLACE . Yes , sir . Senator MORGAN . And you got to real rock , solid rock ? Mr ...
... miles , if you please . Mr. WALLACE . It is practically about 10 miles . Senator MORGAN . At Bohio you bored across and developed a deep gulch ? Mr. WALLACE . Yes , sir . Senator MORGAN . And you got to real rock , solid rock ? Mr ...
Pagina 1977
... miles an hour - you would not have any necessity for any tidal locks . The CHAIRMAN . Do you think large ships , the largest ships that are being built now and that are already built , could pass at a speed of 4 or 5 miles an hour in a ...
... miles an hour - you would not have any necessity for any tidal locks . The CHAIRMAN . Do you think large ships , the largest ships that are being built now and that are already built , could pass at a speed of 4 or 5 miles an hour in a ...
Pagina 1978
... miles . The CHAIRMAN . About 10 miles ? Mr. WALLACE . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . It would be 150 feet wide there ? Mr. WALLACE . No , sir ; that would be built 200 feet wide . They propose to make that 200 feet wide at the summit level ...
... miles . The CHAIRMAN . About 10 miles ? Mr. WALLACE . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . It would be 150 feet wide there ? Mr. WALLACE . No , sir ; that would be built 200 feet wide . They propose to make that 200 feet wide at the summit level ...
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Ancon appointed Article authority Boca Bohio building Canal Zone cent Chagres River CHAIRMAN charge chief engineer city of Panama Colonel ERNST committee Congress construction cost Cristobal Cromwell cubic Culebra DAVIS dredging duties employees excavation executive exercise feet French Gamboa Gatun Gatun dam Government governor HAINS harbor Isthmian Canal Commission Isthmus of Panama June La Boca laborers land letter lock canal material matter ment miles Miraflores necessary Obispo operation Pacific Panama and Colon Panama Canal Company Panama Railroad Company pipe line ports President question rates Republic of Panama sanitary sea-level canal Secretary of War Secretary TAFT Senator ANKENY Senator DRYDEN Senator HOPKINS Senator KITTREDGE Senator MORGAN Senator SIMMONS Senator TALIAFERRO ship Shonts shovels silver Suez supplies territory tion track treaty United vessels WALLACE Washington width