Surveying in Central America for a Railroad Across the Isthmus of Nicaragua

This image from Harper's Weekly depicts railroad surveyors floating down Nicaragua's Rio Rama on a raft doing preliminary work to build a railroad across the isthmus.

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SURVEYING IN CENTRAL AMERICA FOR A RAILROAD ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF NICARAGUA—FLOATING DOWN THE RAMA ON A RAFT.—[See Page 669.]

About this Document

  • Source: Harper's Weekly
  • Citation: page 668
  • Date: October 19, 1867