LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS

For greater convenience in reference all maps and plans are bound
at end of book.

PLATE NO.

I. The Isthmus with Completed Canal.

II. Atlantic End of Canal with Gatun Locks and Dam and

Toro Point Breakwater.

III. Panama End of Canal with Miraflores Lake, Locks and Naos Island Breakwater.

IV. Cross Sections of Canal.

V. Profile of Canal from Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean.
VI. General Plans, Profiles and Sections of Gatun Locks.

THE PANAMA CANAL

PART I

HISTORICAL

BY

REUBEN E. BAKENHUS, S. B.

CIVIL ENGINEER U. S. NAVY