PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THE ILLUSTRATIONS
DIAGRAMS
The Panama Canal
THE PANAMA CANAL
CHAPTER I
THE LAND DIVIDED—THE WORLD UNITED
CHAPTER II
GREATEST ENGINEERING PROJECT
CHAPTER III
GATUN DAM
CHAPTER IV
THE LOCKS
CHAPTER V
THE LOCK MACHINERY
CHAPTER VI
CULEBRA CUT
CHAPTER VII
ENDS OF THE CANAL
CHAPTER VIII
THE PANAMA RAILROAD
CHAPTER IX
SANITATION
CHAPTER X
THE MAN AT THE HELM
CHAPTER XI
THE ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER XII
THE AMERICAN WORKERS
CHAPTER XIII
THE NEGRO WORKERS
CHAPTER XIV
THE COMMISSARY
CHAPTER XV
LIFE ON THE ZONE
CHAPTER XVI
PAST ISTHMIAN PROJECTS
CHAPTER XVII
THE FRENCH FAILURE
CHAPTER XVIII
CHOOSING THE PANAMA ROUTE
CHAPTER XIX
CONTROVERSY WITH COLOMBIA
CHAPTER XX
RELATIONS WITH PANAMA
CHAPTER XXI
THE CANAL ZONE GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER XXII
CONGRESS AND THE CANAL
CHAPTER XXIII
SEA-LEVEL CANAL IMPOSSIBLE
CHAPTER XXIV
FORTIFICATIONS
CHAPTER XXV
FIXING THE TOLLS
CHAPTER XXVI
THE OPERATING FORCE
CHAPTER XXVII
HANDLING THE TRAFFIC
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
CHAPTER XXIX
OTHER GREAT CANALS
CHAPTER XXX
A NEW COMMERCIAL MAP
CHAPTER XXXI
AMERICAN TRADE OPPORTUNITIES
CHAPTER XXXII
THE PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION
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