The Practicability and Importance of a Ship Canal to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

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Excerpt from The Practicability and Importance of a Ship Canal to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: With a History of the Enterprise From Its First Inception to the Completion of the SurveysThe more immediate object of these surveys being to determine the approximate cost of an Open cut, without locks, from ocean to ocean, having thirty feet depth of water at extreme low tide, and sufficiently wide to pass two of the largest steamers a¿oat, you will fill up the details of the examination with reference to this purpose.All particulars that your time and circumstances will permit you to record, of climate, and the natural productions of all kinds, of the country, be pleased to note.The sanitary condition of this region requires your special attention.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.