The Panama Gateway
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In some branches of work it was much greater than that and in some it fell below, but that was the general average.
The chief defect in the French equipment was its lack of strength: it was all too light for the work it had to do. This was true of the railway tracks, lo- comotives, dirt cars, and the various forms of excavat- ing machinery. All had been designed for operation in quite different material and under quite other con- ditions than existed on the isthmus. Some portions of it had been... used successfully at Suez, and were taken to the isthmus with the expectation, based on lack of knowledge as to isthmus conditions, that they would work there equally well. They were effective, in their day, in soft earth and sand, but were not equal to the heavy rock and clayey soil with which they had to contend at Panama.
330 PERIOD OF CONSTRUCTION 331 John F. Stevens, in his testimony before the Inter- national Consulting Board in 1905, said: "We criticise the French plant, but that is not fair.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In some branches of work it was much greater than that and in some it fell below, but that was the general average.
The chief defect in the French equipment was its lack of strength: it was all too light for the work it had to do. This was true of the railway tracks, lo- comotives, dirt cars, and the various forms of excavat- ing machinery. All had been designed for operation in quite different material and under quite other con- ditions than existed on the isthmus. Some portions of it had been... used successfully at Suez, and were taken to the isthmus with the expectation, based on lack of knowledge as to isthmus conditions, that they would work there equally well. They were effective, in their day, in soft earth and sand, but were not equal to the heavy rock and clayey soil with which they had to contend at Panama.
330 PERIOD OF CONSTRUCTION 331 John F. Stevens, in his testimony before the Inter- national Consulting Board in 1905, said: "We criticise the French plant, but that is not fair.
What to read after The Panama Gateway?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Joseph Bucklin Bishop to read onlineMoreLess
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