Rails Across Panama
The Story of the Building of the Panama Railroad, 1849-1855
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Word Count
56,000 words, Guess
Page Count
224 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL5997839M
- OCLC Control Number989223
- OCLC Control Numberrailsacrosspanam0000unse
- Library of Congress Control Number66030499
Classifications
- DDC385/.09862
- LCCHE2830.P2 S3
Description
While dozens of books have focused on the building of the Canal, woefully few have looked at the construction of the Panama Railroad. In many ways, the completion of the Panama Railroad was an even greater accomplishment than the building of the Canal. And, simply stated, had there been no Railroad, there would have never been a Canal. Unlike the U.S. government-funded Canal, the Railroad was a private venture that nearly went bankrupt. The story of the “Yankee Strip, as it was called, is one of great daring, monumental struggles, hard work, and some good old-fashioned luck.
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