Author: Elmer L. Corthell
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781527969018
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Excerpt from The Atlantic Pacific Ship-Railway: Across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico, Considered Commercially, Politically Constructively The purpose of the Author in the following pages is to present, in a concise yet comprehensive form, the commer cial and political reasons for an interoceanic communication between the Atlantic and Pacific at the Isthmus of Tehuan tepec in Mexico also to bring together the more important facts that prove the practicability and the economy of a ship-railway. The previous discussions, while complete in detail, have been partial and fragmentary. The writer has had exceptional advantages in investigating this subject; he made examinations on the Isthmus and the surveys of its harbors in 1880, and has since that time conducted, through very efficient and experienced engineers, complete topographical surveys of the Isthmus, on which the plans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
The Atlantic Pacific Ship-Railway
Author: Elmer L. Corthell
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781527969018
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Excerpt from The Atlantic Pacific Ship-Railway: Across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico, Considered Commercially, Politically Constructively The purpose of the Author in the following pages is to present, in a concise yet comprehensive form, the commer cial and political reasons for an interoceanic communication between the Atlantic and Pacific at the Isthmus of Tehuan tepec in Mexico also to bring together the more important facts that prove the practicability and the economy of a ship-railway. The previous discussions, while complete in detail, have been partial and fragmentary. The writer has had exceptional advantages in investigating this subject; he made examinations on the Isthmus and the surveys of its harbors in 1880, and has since that time conducted, through very efficient and experienced engineers, complete topographical surveys of the Isthmus, on which the plans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781527969018
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Excerpt from The Atlantic Pacific Ship-Railway: Across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico, Considered Commercially, Politically Constructively The purpose of the Author in the following pages is to present, in a concise yet comprehensive form, the commer cial and political reasons for an interoceanic communication between the Atlantic and Pacific at the Isthmus of Tehuan tepec in Mexico also to bring together the more important facts that prove the practicability and the economy of a ship-railway. The previous discussions, while complete in detail, have been partial and fragmentary. The writer has had exceptional advantages in investigating this subject; he made examinations on the Isthmus and the surveys of its harbors in 1880, and has since that time conducted, through very efficient and experienced engineers, complete topographical surveys of the Isthmus, on which the plans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
The Atlantic & Pacific Ship-railway Across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in Mexico
Author: Elmer Lawrence Corthell
Publisher: N[ew] Y[ork] : Browne & Company
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher: N[ew] Y[ork] : Browne & Company
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The Timberman
Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph Sabin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 1895-1904
Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain). Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Railway World
Railway Age Gazette
Passenger and Merchant Ships of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways
Author: David R.P. Guay
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459735560
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The first detailed account of the rise and fall of the maritime branches of two of Canada’s great transcontinental railways of the early twentieth century: the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459735560
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The first detailed account of the rise and fall of the maritime branches of two of Canada’s great transcontinental railways of the early twentieth century: the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern.
The Business Chronicle of the Pacific Northwest
Railway Locomotives and Cars
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description