| Descript |
96 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 cm. |
| Series |
Great building feats |
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Great building feats.
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| Audience |
1000L Lexile |
| Note |
Accelerated Reader MG 7.4 3 3 67220 |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-93) and index. |
| Contents |
The path between two oceans -- The United States and Panama -- One canal... three engineers -- The Culebra Cut -- Taming the Chagres -- Sculpting bays and building locks -- The Panama Canal. |
| Summary |
A history of the building of the Panama Canal, with emphasis on the difficulties of digging a canal where some engineers said it could not be done. |
| Subject |
Panama Canal (Panama) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Panama Canal (Panama) -- History.
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| ISBN |
0822500795 (lib. bdg.) |
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