Word: canalized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With one victory to his credit wants another. His argument is this: From a military standpoint the present canal is weak: its locks may be broken by bombardment from sea or air; an earthquake such as that of 1882 might break Gatun dam and empty Gatun lake; a ship might be sunk in one of the locks where it could not be blown up without ruining the works. From a commercial standpoint he maintains that the Canal will become inadequate, estimating that it will have a traffic of 45,000,000 tons in 1934, and 135,000,000 tons...
...Total elimination of any dependence on rainfall by allowing the canal to be filled entirely...
...Possibility of blasting any sunken ship out of the way without damaging the canal...
...Construction of the new strait on the site of the present canal without interrupting traffic. This he calculates could be done in about 20 years by setting 50 dredges to work widening and deepening the channel...
...first of the year its fleet was sighted in mid-Atlantic. At once our Pacific fleet was ordered to the Atlantic. Our Atlantic Fleet remained in Narragansett Bay, protecting our eastern coast. A detachment of the enemy proceeded to Panama to prevent our Pacific Fleet from passing through the Canal. This detachment, known as the Black Fleet, was impersonated by our Atlantic Fleet. The Pacific Fleet, attempting to pass through the Canal, was dubbed the Blue Fleet. Could the Blue Fleet enter the Atlantic...