The Panama Canal: A History of One of the Most Difficult Engineering Projects Ever - Couverture souple

Wheaton, James K.

 
9781477424964: The Panama Canal: A History of One of the Most Difficult Engineering Projects Ever
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1477424962 ISBN 13 : 9781477424964
Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

The Panama Canal is a 48 mile waterway located in the country of Panama that joins the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic. The conduit, essential to international trade as a bypass to the hazardous trade routes around South America, has been called one of the seven wonders of the modern world by the American Society of Civil Engineers.It routinely has tens of thousands of ships pass through it every year, carrying over 300 million tons of cargo. The canal has shaved nearly 8,000 sailing miles off a trip between New York and San Francisco, even though traveling the canal itself can take between 8 to 10 hours. A canal that connects the east to the west, it ironically has a path that finds it travelers moving north and south, as well.In this book, James K. Wheaton looks at the history of the engineering marvels, and problems it faces to this day.

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Éditeur
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1477424962
ISBN 13 
9781477424964
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
50
Éditeur
Golgotha Press
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