Punch,  6 (1844), 108.

Punch's Mirror of Parliament

Anon

Genre:

Reportage, Spoof

Subjects:

Transport, Railways, Navigation


    Reports on Valentine Blake's proposal for a ship canal through America and a railway line across the Atlantic. Seeks to meet 'the objection' to the scheme with 'the scientific fact' that 'water always finds its own level'.



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