An all-water route between the oceans was still seen as the ideal solution, and in 1855 William Kennish, a Manx-born engineer working for the United States government, surveyed the isthmus and issued a report on a route for a proposed Panama Canal.[10] His report was published as a book entitled The Practicability and Importance of a Ship Canal to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.[11]
Ti maysa a danum-amin a dalin a nagbaetan dagiti taaw ket nakitkita pay laeng nga umno a sulosion, ken idi 1855 ni William Kennish, ti inhenniero a naipasngay idiay Manx a nagtrabtrabaho para iti gobierno ti Estados Unidos, ket sinukimatna ti ismo ket nangited ti reporta iti dalan para iti naisingasing a Kanal Panama.[7] Naipablaak idi ti reportana iti libro a natituluan iti The Practicality and Importance of a Ship Canal to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.[8]