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| Map extracted from the book "Suez
& Panama" by Benoît Heinemann - |
| Edition Arthaud |
Le canal
de Suez |
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Lenght |
160 km |
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Width |
151 mètres (54 m in 1869) |
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Depth |
11 meters (8 m in 1869) |
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Difference in level |
0 mètre (pas locks) |
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Work started |
1859 |
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Work completed |
1969 |
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Cubic ms removed |
75 million |
|
Duration of transit |
15 hours approx. |
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Traffic (Number of ships) |
18 000 p.a. |
|
| 1-Port
Saïd |
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| 2-Port
Fouad |
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| 3-Kantara |
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| 4-Ismaïlia |
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| 5-Lake
Timsah |
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| 6-Fresh
water canal |
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| 7-'El
Gisr threshold |
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| 8-LBitter
Lakes |
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| 9-Railway
lines |
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| 10-Suez |
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| 11-Port
Taufiq |
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