02005cpcaa2200409 a 4500 mm 82034660 DLC 20260227111714.0 cr ||||||||||| 820218|||||||||||| eng mm 82034660 DLC DLC dacs DLC S lcmd Nicaragua Canal Construction Company. Nicaragua Canal Construction Company records, 1887-1913 (bulk 1887-1888). 140 items, 7 containers. 2.8 linear feet. Open to research. Chiefly survey notebooks kept during expeditions in Nicaragua by hydrographic and topographic survey teams investigating the nature, depth, and suitability of the rivers and waterways of Nicaragua for purposes of a canal. Also includes issues, 1911-1913, of the Canal Record, a newspaper published by the American administration of the Panama Canal Zone. Fifteen maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. A corporate enterprise formed in 1886 to build the first trans-Isthmian canal across Central America. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012164 Canal Zone. Canal record. Canals Central America. Rivers Nicaragua. Waterways Nicaragua. Panama Canal (Panama) Periodicals. Nicaragua Surveys. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012164 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012164.3 43553 43553