What Do The Statue Of Liberty And The Suez Canal Have In Common?
Federic Auguste wants to build a sculpture for the world.
November 17, 1869
The Suez Canal, named for the port city of Suez, which is located at the southern end of the canal on the Red Sea, opens for business on this date. The waterway connected the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, and cut thousands of miles off the two nearest shipping routes. Construction on the canal began in early 1859, after engineers fi…
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