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The Suez Canal in its early days

   

Caravan in the Bitter Lakes prior to starting work on the canal
Painting by Narcisse Berchere

Waters of the Mediterranean reach Lake Timsah on 18 November 1862.
Painting by François Barry
 

Final pickaxe blow given by Ali Pacha on 15 August 1869 to open the Suez plains reservoir - Orientalist painting

Inauguration of the Suez Canal on 17 November 1869 - festivities
Painting by Edouard Riou
   

The Suez Canal circa 1880.
Photos taken by Hippolyte Arnoux, photographer based in Port-Saïd.
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
   

The Suez Canal today
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
 

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