Given the time, place and circumstances, the Panama Canal remains the greatest engineering enterprise of the 20th century. A mathematically-gifted Alabama farm boy, who later found a home in Old Kentucky, parlayed his imagination and engineering expertise to conquer the most technically demanding part of Panama Canal construction--Gatun Locks and Dam. William Luther Sibert arrived in Panama in 1907, part of President Theodore Roosevelt's Army Corps of Engineers spearhead with orders to pierce the forbidden Isthmus of Panama ...
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Given the time, place and circumstances, the Panama Canal remains the greatest engineering enterprise of the 20th century. A mathematically-gifted Alabama farm boy, who later found a home in Old Kentucky, parlayed his imagination and engineering expertise to conquer the most technically demanding part of Panama Canal construction--Gatun Locks and Dam. William Luther Sibert arrived in Panama in 1907, part of President Theodore Roosevelt's Army Corps of Engineers spearhead with orders to pierce the forbidden Isthmus of Panama, where thousands died during the failed French efforts. The American attempt was a long shot according to conventional wisdom--until the world learned all about TR and his Army Engineers. Following World War I, the tired general took time from his hobby of fox hunting to engineer the dock-rail-highway complex that transformed Mobile, Alabama, into a major American port. At President Calvin Coolidge's request, he chaired the Sibert Commission that reviewed and subsequently approved plans to construct Boulder (Hoover) Dam.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Presentation copy: "For Professor 'Mac" Coffman-Hoptown's gift to the world of historical research & writing! Thanks! Robert Dickey." (Signed on the title page). (Dr. Edward M. Coffman is a military historian and author of a number of books). Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not price clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. The first five pages have the upper right corner creased from being turned down. Near fine condition in near fine dust jacket. Selling Used and Rare books on line since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984.; Black-and-white photographs; 8vo.; 384 pages; Signed by Author.
