Proclamation 1258 - Rules for the Measurement of Vessels for the Panama Canal

Woodrow Wilson's 'Proclamation 1258 — Rules for the Measurement of Vessels for the Panama Canal' constitutes an essential document within the maritime and legal history corpus, reflecting early 20th-century economic ambitions and engineering marvels. It meticulously dictates the measurements and tonnage regulations that ship vessels were legally bound to adhere to when traversing the then newly-in...