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Brigadier-General H. L. Abbot h.'86, a member of the Board of Consulting Engineers for the Isthmian Canal Commission, will lecture under the auspices of the Harvard Engineering Society this evening at 7.30 o'clock in Pierce 110 on "The Panama Canal...
...HARVARD ENGINEERING SOCIETY. "The Panama Canal." Brigadier-General Henry S. Abbot, member of the Board of Consulting Engineers of the Isthmian Canal Commission, Pierce...
Captain Charles M. Fuller, of Boston, gave last night, in the Living Room of the Union, an illustrated lecture on "The Panama Canal." The lecturer outlined the history of the Isthmian canal project, pointing out the various routes that have been suggested and comparing the Panama route with that of Nicaragua. He explained the work that has already been done on both canals and showed the engineering problems that beset their construction. Captain Fuller also described the scenery of the country and the character and life of its inhabitants, He dwelt particularly on the towns along the routes of canals...
...will summarize the history of the projects to connect the Atlantic and Pacific. He will describe the present condition of the Panama canal, the Eads ship railway, the Nicaragua route, Grey-town, Conchuda dam, San Juan river, and Lake Nicaragua. Through the courtesy of Admiral Walker, President of the Isthmian Canal Comission, Mr. Fuller has secured very recent views of the work already accomplished on both the Nicaragua and Panama routes...
...Balboa, Mr. Fuller will lead up to a description of the seven proposed canal routes at Darien. He will describe the present condition of the Panama canal, the Eads Railroad, the Nicaragua Route, Greytown, San Juan River, and Lake Nicaragua. Through the courtesy of Admiral Walker, President of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Mr. Fuller has secured very recent views of the work already accomplished on both the Nicaragua and Panama routes...