John Stevens and the Panama Canal
John Stevens, second Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal, came by his reputation as the country’s best construction engineer, withouto any formal engineering education.
The Persistent Dr. Gorgas: Part III
The panic of 1905 took the Panama Canal project to the brink of failure. Although more people died of malaria, pneumonia, and dysentery than of yellow fever, it was the sudden onset and violence of “Yellow Jack” that sent three quarters of American workers on the next ship home.
