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Suez Canal

Built: 1859 - 1871
Project type: Canal  
Status: in use
Excavator for the digging of the Suez Canal.
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Location(s):
*Suez, Egypt
*Ismailia, Egypt
Structures that are part of this project:
kmName
 El Ferdan Bridge (1954) 1
 El Ferdan Bridge (1963)
 El Ferdan Swing Bridge (2001) 6

Persons involved with this project
Legend: Phase of works / Section
RoleName Part of project
  Ferdinand de Lesseps
Engineer Alois Negrelli
  François Philippe Voisin (Voisin-Bey)

Technical information
Part of projectDescriptionValue
Dimensions
  length 160 km
Quantities used in construction
  volume of earthworks 74 000 000 m3

Relevant Web Sites
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External LinkAssociation Lesseps: Suez French
External LinkBartleby.com: Columbia Encyclopedia (2001): Suez Canal English
External LinkElectronic Passport: The Suez Canal English
External LinkEncyclopedia.com: Suez Canal English
External LinkiCivilEngineer: Suez Canal English
External LinkIslamic History Sourcebook: The Story of the Suez Canal English
External LinkJPL: Suez Canal, Egypt English
External LinkMSN Encarta: Suez Canal English
External LinkNapoléon.org: Canal de Suez: Chronologie English French
External LinkNapoléon.org: Napoléon III et le canal de Suez French
External LinkNapoléon.org: Percement de l'isthme de Suez French
External LinkSIS: Nationalisation of the Suez Canal English
External LinkSIS: The Inaugration of the Suez Canal (November 17th, 1869) English
External LinkTour Egypt: Suez Canal English
External LinkWikipédia: Canal de Suez French
External LinkWikipedia: Suezkanal German

Relevant Literature
* Bey, Voisin   Le canal de Suez (7 volumes + 1 atlas), Dunod, Paris (France) , 1902.
* Bory, Paul   Les grandes entreprises modernes, Alfred Mame et Fils, éditeurs, Tours (France) , 1890; pp. 11-87.
* Montel, Nathalie   Le chantier du Canal de Suez (1859-1869), Presses de l'Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (France) , ISBN 2859782990, 1998.
* Pinon, Pierre   Un canal ... des canaux, Picard Éditeur, Paris (France) , 1986; pp. 323-334.
* Prieur, Ph.   La protection des risbermes du canal de Suez par revêtements bitumineux [1ère partie], in "Travaux", November 1955, n. 253 .
* Prieur, Ph.   La protection des risbermes du canal de Suez par revêtements bitumineux [2ème partie], in "Travaux", December 1955, n. 254 .
* Reverdy, Georges   Les Travaux Publics en France 1817 - 1847, Presses de l'Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (France) , ISBN 2859783830, 2003; pp. 217-228, 361-372.

 
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