...route, would be to cut from Principe, or from Lara mouth to Port Escosces, or Caledonia Bay, a distance from twenty-two to twenty-five miles, of which there...the plan recommended in my report to Lord Palmerston in January, 1851. By such a canal, that is, one entirely without locks, the transit from sea to sea...

...and Pacific Oceans by this route, would be to cut from Principe or from Lara Mouth to Port Escosces or Caledonia Bay, a distance of from twenty-two to...Such was the plan recommended in my Report to Lord 8 In its upper course, as it is navigable for large vessels nearly to Principe. Palmerston. By such...

...and Pacific oceans by this route, would be to cut from Principe, or from Lara mouth, to Port Escosces or Caledonia Bay, a distance of from twenty-two to...tide of the latter. Such was the plan recommended by Dr. Cullen in his report to Lord Palmerston two years since. By such a canal — that is, one entirely...

...rival schemes have been able to offer. It is to be at least 160 feet wide and 30 feet deep, in order to allow the tide of the Pacific to flow right through...Atlantic to the Pacific with the ebb tide of the latter. These alternate currents, occurring every six hours, would, it is supposed, cause the canal to tost...

...deep cutting. The canal, 'to be serviceable, must be cut 30 feet deep ; and that would be deep enough to allow the tide of the Pacific to flow right through...and those from the Atlantic to the Pacific with the ebb-tide of the bitter. The Canal would be ItiO feet wide, and the alternate currents from the Atlantic...

...to make a ship-canal communication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by this route, would be to cut from Principe or from Lara mouth to Port Escoces...Such was the plan recommended in my report to Lord Palmerstou. By such a canal — that is, one entirely without locks — the transit from sea to sea...

...the Pacific to flow right through it, across to the Atlantic; so that ships bound from the Pacilic to the Atlantic would pass with the flood, and those...without locks — the transit from sea to sea could IK; effected in six hours, or one tide." For the engineering details, and estimates of the cost of...

...but a single ridge of low elevation and would not exceed twenty-five miles in length. He said that "The canal, to be on a scale of grandeur commensurate...Atlantic to the Pacific with the ebb tide of the latter." The cost of building the canal was estimated at £7,000,000 and "The Atlantic and Pacific Junction...

...length. He said that "The canal, to be on a scale of grandeur commensurate with its important nises, should be cut sufficiently deep to allow the tide...Atlantic to the Pacific with the ebb tide of the latter." The cost of building the canal was estimated at £7,000,000 and "The Atlantic and Pacific Junction...