Nicaragua Canal Construction Company creator mixed material monographic eng 140 7 2.8 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. Open to research. 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. Canals Central America Rivers Nicaragua Waterways Nicaragua Panama Canal (Panama) Periodicals Nicaragua Surveys mm 82034660 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012164 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012164.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012164 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012164.3 Open to research. DLC 820218 20260227111714.0 mm 82034660