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Tehuantepec Isthmus considered as site for canal; it is proposed to cross isthmus by straight canal made up of two open ditches and tunnel through mountain; tunnel design; advantages of proposed Tehuantepec canal over that recommended for conversion of Panama Canal to sea level; map shows proposed route; 165-mi canal from Puerto Mexico to Pacific would cut 2000 mi off sea route from East Coast to West Coast ports of United States. (See also U S Naval Inst -- Proc v 76 n 2 Feb 1950 p 128-35)
Tehuantepec Isthmus considered as site for canal; it is proposed to cross isthmus by straight canal made up of two open ditches and tunnel through mountain; tunnel design; advantages of proposed Tehuantepec canal over that recommended for conversion of Panama Canal to sea level; map shows proposed route; 165-mi canal from Puerto Mexico to Pacific would cut 2000 mi off sea route from East Coast to West Coast ports of United States. (See also U S Naval Inst -- Proc v 76 n 2 Feb 1950 p 128-35)
Problem of new Trans-Isthmian Canal
Pac Mar Rev
Hobbs, W.H. (author)
1950
Article (Journal)
English
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