Grubb, relating “ what he saw of the Suez Canal during a trip from Timsah to ... On the 1st of January, 1869, there were at work eighty- five hundred men. These men are obliged by the Egyptian ...

but it was not until the late 1890s that it was finally completed - the Suez Canal, meanwhile, was completed in 1869. At around four miles long but only 24.6 metres wide at sea level, it is now ...

The film explores the significance of the Suez Canal as a crucial waterway for global ... starting from ancient Egypt to the successful completion in 1869 by Ferdinand de Lesseps.

Historians suggest that the roots of the Philippine revolution began with building of the Suez Canal in 1869. With access to Europe, Filipinos were exposed to new ideas about freedom and returned ...

Story: After the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, the ruler of Egypt, the Khedive Ismail, promised the United States an obelisk. Henry Gorridge, a lieutenant commander of the U.S. Navy ...

As we approach the 17th of November, the day appointed for the final opening of the Canal of Suez, the interest felt in Europe and America in this vast enterprise, increases with every new report ...

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With modern means, the project would face far fewer setbacks than de Lessep’s 1869 endeavor and provide ... an outlet for traffic buildup at the Suez Canal, which already takes an approximate ...