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• Review of Investigations for the Improvement of the China Grand Canal Made Under Contract Dated Nov. 20, 1917, Between the Chinese Government and the American International Corporation (ca. 1921), by John Ripley Freeman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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• Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways, of Great Britain (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green; et al., 1831), by Joseph Priestley (page images at HathiTrust)

• James Brindley and the Early Engineers (original edition London: J. Murray, 1864; with added notes and illustrations), by Samuel Smiles, ed. by Ian Petticrew (HTML in the UK)

• My Holidays on Inland Waterways: 2000 Miles Cruising by Motor Boat and Pleasure Skiff on the Canals and Rivers of Great Britain (second edition; London: T. Murby and Co., 1917), by P. Bonthron (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Amalgamated International and U.S. Inland Navigation Rules (current online edition, reflecting laws up to at least 2019), by United States Coast Guard (HTML with commentary at uscg.gov)

• The First Century of the International Joint Commission (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2020), ed. by Daniel Macfarlane and Murray Clamen (PDF files with commentary at University of Calgary)

• Proceedings of the Congressional Convention, Held in the City of St. Louis, on 13th, 14th and 15th days of May, 1873 (page images at MOA)
• Report of the Board of Engineers on Deep Waterways Between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Tide Waters (2 volumes; Washington: GPO, 1900), by United States Board of Engineers on Deep Waterways (both volumes: page images at HathiTrust)

• Report of the Board of Engineers on Deep Waterways Between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Tide Waters (2 volumes; Washington: GPO, 1900), by United States Board of Engineers on Deep Waterways (both volumes: page images at HathiTrust)

• Report of the Board of Engineers on Deep Waterways Between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Tide Waters (2 volumes; Washington: GPO, 1900), by United States Board of Engineers on Deep Waterways (both volumes: page images at HathiTrust)

• Documents Relative to the Susquehanna Canal Company (For the Extension of the Pennsylvania Canal to Tide Water on the Chesapeake) (Baltimore: Printed by Sands and Neilson, 1835), contrib. by Pennsylvania and Edward F. Gay (page images at HathiTrust)

• Navigation on the Upper Potomac and its Tributaries (second edition, c2011), by Dan Guzy (PDF with commentary at whilbr.org)

• Navigation on the Upper Potomac and its Tributaries (second edition, c2011), by Dan Guzy (PDF with commentary at whilbr.org)

• Marquette, Mackinac Island and the "Soo", by B. F. Childs (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)

• Marquette, Mackinac Island and the "Soo", by B. F. Childs (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)

• To Build a Canal: Sault Ste. Marie, 1853-1854 and After (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1981), by John N. Dickinson (PDF at Ohio State)

• Morris Canal and Banking Company: Final Report of Consulting and Directing Engineer, June 29, 1929 (Trenton: Morris Canal and Banking Company, 1929), by Cornelius C. Vermeule (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Pocket Guide for the Tourist and Traveller, Along the Line of the Canals, and the Interior Commerce of the State of New-York (New York: T. and J. Swords, 1824), by Horatio Gates Spafford
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Mighty Chain: A Guide to Canal Records in the New York State Archives, by New York State Archives and Records Administration
  • HTML at nysed.gov
  • text at nysed.gov

• Banner by the Wayside (New York: Random House, c1947), by Samuel Hopkins Adams (page images at HathiTrust)

• Marco Paul's Voyages and Travels: Erie Canal (c1852), by Jacob Abbott (page images at HathiTrust)

• Documents Relative to the Susquehanna Canal Company (For the Extension of the Pennsylvania Canal to Tide Water on the Chesapeake) (Baltimore: Printed by Sands and Neilson, 1835), contrib. by Pennsylvania and Edward F. Gay (page images at HathiTrust)

• Documents Relative to the Susquehanna Canal Company (For the Extension of the Pennsylvania Canal to Tide Water on the Chesapeake) (Baltimore: Printed by Sands and Neilson, 1835), contrib. by Pennsylvania and Edward F. Gay (page images at HathiTrust)

• Navigation on the Upper Potomac and its Tributaries (second edition, c2011), by Dan Guzy (PDF with commentary at whilbr.org)

• Canal Reminiscences: Recollections of Travel in the Old Days on the James River and Kanawha Canal, by George William Bagby (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Canal Reminiscences: Recollections of Travel in the Old Days on the James River and Kanawha Canal, by George William Bagby (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Mémoires sur les Principaux Travaux d'Utilité Publique Exécutés en Égypte depuis la Plus Haute Antiquité Jusqu'a Nos Jours (in French; Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1872-1873), by L.-M.-A. Linant de Bellefonds
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• The Suez Canal: Past Lessons and Future Challenges (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, c2023), ed. by Carmela Lutmar and Ziv Rubinovitz (PDF and Epub with commentary at Springer)

• The Suez Canal: Safe and Free Passage (information paper #9; New York: Arab Information Center, 1960), by M. Fathalla Khatib and Omar Z. Ghobashy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Suez Canal: Letters and Documents Descriptive of its Rise and Progress in 1854-1856 (London: H. S. King and Co., 1876), by Ferdinand de Lesseps, trans. by N. D'Anvers (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Suez Canal: Past Lessons and Future Challenges (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, c2023), ed. by Carmela Lutmar and Ziv Rubinovitz (PDF and Epub with commentary at Springer)

• The Suez Canal: Past Lessons and Future Challenges (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, c2023), ed. by Carmela Lutmar and Ziv Rubinovitz (PDF and Epub with commentary at Springer)

• The Suez Canal: Past Lessons and Future Challenges (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, c2023), ed. by Carmela Lutmar and Ziv Rubinovitz (PDF and Epub with commentary at Springer)

• The United States and the Nicaragua Canal (Foreign Policy Association Information Service v4 #6; 1928), by Foreign Policy Association (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Demanda de la República de Costa Rica Contra la de Nicaragua, Ante la Corte de Justicia Centroamericana, con Motivo de una Convención Firmada por la Segunda con la República de los Estados Unidos de América, Para la Vento del Rio San Juan, y Otros Objetos (2 volumes (main and appendix), in Spanish; San José, Costa Rica: Imp. Nacional, 1916), by Costa Rica
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • main volume: multiple formats at archive.org
  • annex volume: multiple formats at archive.org

• The ABC of the Panama Canal Controversy (originally printed in the Baltimore Sun; New York: American Association for International Conciliation, 1913), by Henry Herzberg (page images here at Penn)
• The Americans in Panama, by William R. Scott (frame-dependent illustrated HTML at czbrats.com)
• The Great Adventure of Panama (Doubleday, Page, 1920), by Philippe Bunau-Varilla (illustrated HTML at BYU)
• The Panama Canal and its Makers (London and Leipzig: T. F. Unwin, 1909), by Vaughan Cornish (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Rapport Betreffende de Gevolgen der Opening van het Panama-Kanaal voor Nederland en Koloniën (main report in Dutch, with appendices in Dutch, English and other languages; 1912), by J. T. Cremer and H. C. Obreen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Zone Policeman 88: A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and its Workers, by Harry A. Franck (Gutenberg text)
• The Makers of the Panama Canal, 1911, ed. by F. E. Jackson and Son, illust. by Thomas Marine (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Jungle Island (Chicago and New York: Rand McNally, c1925), by W. C. Allee and Marjorie Hill Allee (multiple formats at archive.org)
• China to Peru over the Andes: A Journey Through South America (London: S. Low, Marston, and co., ca. 1894), by Ethel Gwendoline Moffatt Vincent, contrib. by C. E. Howard Vincent (multiple formats at archive.org)

• An Engineer's Recollections (reprinted from Engineering News-Record; c1936), by John F. Stevens (page images at HathiTrust)

• Yellow Eyes (included on the Claws That Catch Baen CD image; c2007), by John Ringo and Tom Kratman
  • zipped CD ISO at thefifthimperium.com; 285 MB
  • zipped CD files at thefifthimperium.com; 286 MB

• Interoceanic Canals: An Essay on the Question of Location for a Ship Canal Across the American Continent (New York: D. Van Nostrand; et al., 1870), by Henri Stucklé (page images at MOA)

• Die Italienischen Portolane des Mittelalters: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Kartographie und Nautik (in German and Italian; Berlin: E. S. Mittler und Sohn, 1909), by Konrad Kretschmer
  • page images at Harvard
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Nautical Charts (New York: J. Wiley and Sons; London: Chapman and Hall, 1908), by G. R. Putnam
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Die Italienischen Portolane des Mittelalters: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Kartographie und Nautik (in German and Italian; Berlin: E. S. Mittler und Sohn, 1909), by Konrad Kretschmer
  • page images at Harvard
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

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