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Suez Canal Project
Society: ASCE Main Category: Civil Sub Category: Water Transportation Era: 1860-1869 DateCreated: 1869 Canal del Esla Ismailia State: Zip: Country: Egypt Website: http://www.asce.org/project/suez-canal/ Creator: de Lesseps, Ferdinand , Suez Canal Company

The idea of creating a canal linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea is a very old one that dates back about 4000 years to the ancient Egyptians. They thought of linking the two seas by using the River Nile and its branches. It was this very old desire that led to the digging of the present Suez Canal.  

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2003
Image Credit: Courtesy Flickr/eutrophication&hypoxia (CC BY 2.0) Image Caption: Suez Canal Project Era_date_from: 1869
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Suez Canal Project

The idea of creating a canal linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea is a very old one that dates back about 4000 years to the ancient Egyptians. They thought of linking the two seas by using the River Nile and its branches. It was this very old desire that led to the digging of the present…

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