Word: panamas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Panama Congress," Professor J. P. Baxter, Harvard...
...Panama Congress," Professor J. P. Baxter, Harvard...
...Panama Canal Record published the yardage records, for all shovels, weekly during the construction of the Panama Canal. The daily output record, the weekly output record, and the monthly output record for the entire construction of the canal were all held by Bucyrus shovels...
...WYSE Bucyrus Co., South Milwaukee, Wis. In a footnote, TIME, Sept. 26, said: "It has been said that 'Marion built the Panama Canal because these [the Marion Steam Shovel Co.'s] shovels were used extensively. . . ." To Bucyrus shovels all credit for their part. It must also be said that "South Milwaukee built the Panama Canal...
...DeLesseps collected delegates and money, and formed a company to cut a canal through Panama. Attempting a sea level canal, work proceeded for seven years, could not cope with the Culebra Cut and Chagres River. The management was characterized by "corruption rarely equaled in the history of the world." In 1887 plans were changed; work started on a canal with locks. In 1889 the company went bankrupt...