Quotes About Isthmus

Should the main line of defence be drawn at the Isthmus of Corinth, as the Spartans proposed?

of the Isthmus of Panama—several thousand miles north of the actual strait.

To maximize the effectiveness of any excavator, it had to be serviced efficiently by spoil removal trains. Thus, for Stevens, the railway, the Panama Railroad, was the key to success on the Isthmus, something never fully appreciated by the French.