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The Suez Canal
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3. A canal is a man-made waterway that connects
two bodies of water. It can connect rivers,
lakes, or oceans. It usually is used to make the
shipping of goods easier whether by shorting
the miles traveled or to by-pass a natural
landform.
4. The Sinai Peninsula
connects two
continents, Africa and
Asia. Due to this
location, it has been
an important trade
route since ancient
times. Its dry, arid
climate has made it a
difficult place to live
in.
5. Since the time of the
Egyptians, ideas have
been planned to build
a water way to
connect the
Mediterranean Sea
with the Red Sea. The
1st attempt was in
1874 BCE.
6. There were at least 6
more attempts to
build a canal, starting
in 1310 BCE and
ending in 640. Each
time the attempt was
abandoned due to
construction problems
and silting.
7. In 1858, French
engineer, Ferdinand
de Lesseps, put
together the Universal
Company of the
Maritime Suez Canal.
His plan was to finally
build a working canal.
8. The canal would cut
days and miles from
the voyage to and
from India
9. The planned canal
would connect the
two bodies of water
through the Sinai
Peninsula.
10. The Building
The building of
the canal began
April 25, 1859.
The idea was to
build a sea level
canal. It was
hoped to open by
1863.
11. The construction started in 1859 and took 10
years to complete. More than 1.5 million
Egyptians took part in the work, of which more
than 125,000 lost their lives due to accidents
and sickness.
12.
13. The Suez Canal was
opened on November
17, 1869. The opening
was celebrated with
fireworks and a ball
attended by the heads
of Europe and 6,000
other people.
14. The Suez Canal is 193 km (120 Miles) long,
24m(79 ft) deep and 205 m (673 ft) wide. The
canal is a single lane with passing places at
“Ballah By-Pass” and the Great Bitter Lake.
There are no locks. The northern port is Port
Said and the southern terminus is Port Tawfiq.
16. Another
Canal
Viscounte de Lesseps will
go on to try to build other
canals. His most famous
one will be in Panama. He
will attempt to build a sea
level canal through the
jungle. After spending
millions of dollars and
thousands of deaths, he
will admit his failure. In
1903 the United States
starts building a canal
where de Lesseps tried. The
Panama Canal will be
completed in 1914
17.
18. On a typical day, three
convoys transit the
canal, two southbound
and one northbound.
The passage takes
between 11 and 16
hours at a speed of
around 8 knots
(15 km/h; 9 mph). The
low speed helps prevent
erosion of the canal
banks by ships' wakes.
19. Approximately two-
thirds of Europe's oil
passed through the
canal. About 7.5% of
world sea trade is
carried via the canal
today. In 2008, a total of
21,415 vessels passed
through the canal and
the receipts from the
canal totaled $5.381
billion, with the average
cost per-ship at roughly
$251,000.
