The Greatest Engineering Feat in the World at Panama…
- New York:: Leslie-Judge Company,, 1915.
4to, original pictorial red cloth, gilt lettering on front cover, illustrated, 384 pp. Slight edgewear at extremities, back hinge cracked a little, but still firm, normal aging; otherwise very good. Handsome edition on the construction of the Panama Canal, and richly illustrated with countless photographs (a few in color). This book recaps the work, techniques and even equipment involved in the construction of the Panama Canal. The book is also a kind of a tribute to Col. George Washington Goethals (1858-1928) who built the canal. Goethals who was assigned to the task by President Roosevelt in 1907 to oversee this project, which was finished in 1914.The Panama Canal was an incredible achievement, and in recognition of this effort, Goethals, born in Brooklyn, had a bridge named after him that connected Staten Island and New Jersey. pancanal website.