Suez Collection (page 5)

Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line to Australia
Poster advertising the Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line to Australia via the Suez Canal, showing a view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. One class only

Port Said, Egypt - Statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805 - 1894) - French developer/engineer on the project to construct the Suez Canal

Port Said, Egypt - Commercial Street
Commercial Street (Chareh-el-Tegara) - Port Said, Egypt

Ismalia, Egypt - The Home of Ferdinand de Lesseps
The Home of Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, (1805 - 1894), French developer/engineer of the Suez Canal at Ismalia, Egypt"

Port Said, Egypt - Navy House and sailing ship

Pilot Tugs - Harbour at Port Said
Pilot tugboats in the Harbour at Port Said, Egypt

Port Said, Egypt - Landing Stage
The landing Stage and the Suez Canal Office at Port Said, Egypt

Gott Strafe the Turks by George Ranstead
A British soldier in tropical uniform including pith helmet struggles with his kit through the heat. Its likely he is part of the Army defending Suez or is part of the Gallipoli Campaign

Artillery placements WWI
The 2nd Divisional Artillery strengthening the Suez Canal defences. The men are seen here making two gun emplacements behind the desert lines

Suez Canal Scene, Egypt
A fine view of the Suez canal, showing the old and the new; a large transport steamship and a traditional small sailing boat

Poster advertising Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line
Poster advertising the Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line to Australia via the Suez Canal, showing a view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. One class only

Egypt - Suez - General view including Mosque
Egypt - Suez - General view including the Kafr-Zar Mosque Date: 1910

Fountain of Moses, Suez, Egypt

Clan Mackenzie steamship on the Suez Canal, Egypt
The Clan Mackenzie steamship on the Suez Canal, Egypt. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Suez - Railway Station - Egypt

Egypt - Port Said - Statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps
Egypt - Port Said - Inauguration of a Statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps. Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, GCSI (1805 - 1894) was the French developer of the Suez Canal

Egypt - Port Said - The Franz Joseph Quay

Egypt - Main Street, Suez

Egypt - Bridge for Mecca-bound caravan trains
Egypt - Bridge of boat pontoons across the Suez Canal for the caravan trains bound for Mecca

Lord Kitchener and the governor of the Suez Canal
Lord Horatio Kitchener of Khartoum (1850 - 1916), British military leader and statesman, pictured with his Excellency Mohamed Mahmoud Seliman Bey

Suez Canal - The Railway Station at Suez

The Bitter Lakes - Suez, Egypt
A steamship passing the North Lighthouse as it crosses the Bitter Lakes at the Northern entrance to the Suez Canal, Egypt

Egypt - Port Said - Franz Josef Quay
Large steamship liner moored in the Franz Josef Quay, Port Said, Egypt

PORT SAID / 1882
The lighthouse and breakwater at the entrance of the Suez Canal, Port Said

SS Peluge, 1912
Photograph showing the largest Bucket dredger then afloat, the SS Peluge, built at the Lobnitz Shipyard for the Suez Canal Company

Pilgrims at Suez
A caravan of Mecca pilgrims crosses a bridge at Suez

Ferry at Kantara, Suez Canal, Egypt, 1875
Engraving of the small rope ferry at Kantara, crossing the Suez Canal with several passengers, two camels and a donkey. The ferry was operated by means of an underwater rope

Demonstration of the Dracone, Southampton, 1958
Photograph of the Dracone, a flexible towed trailer for the transport of fluids lighter than water, Southampton, 19th September 1958

Suez Canal Scene
A dhow is hauled along the canal; the town of Suez may be seen in the far distance

Suez Canal at Port Said
The northern terminal of the canal is at Port Said : here a P & O passenger ship enters the canal. Passengers usually land and patronise the tourist shops

In the Suez Canal
A cargo vessel crosses the trench of Toussoun

Suez Opening Lights
Illuminations at Port Said celebrate the official opening of the Canal, though some ships have been passing through for several months. Date: November 1869

Ships in Suez Canal
Two cargo steamers pass in one of the wider stretches of the Canal : note the desert areas on either side of the cutting

De Lesseps Gill Cartoon
FERDINAND DE LESSEPS French diplomat and engineer responsible for the Suez Canal

EGYPT SUEZ
Street scene

Abbas I / Egypt / Anon Eng
Abbas I/Egypt/Anon Eng

Suez Canal Opens
The Canal is blessed, in the presence of the royal visitors

Italians Bomb Suez Canal
North Africa : Italian bombers attack the Suez canal, a vital communications link held by the Allies

Wwi / Transport Ships
The British transport ships Erma and Elephanta at Suez

Suez Construction 1
Dredging a partially completed section of the canal, during the early stages of construction

Eugenie at Suez Opening
The French Empress Eugenie attends the opening at Ismalia, riding on a camel

Ferdinand De Lesseps
FERDINAND DE LESSEPS French engineer, responsible for the Suez Canal

De Lesseps Amand
FERDINAND DE LESSEPS French diplomat and engineer responsible for the Suez Canal

Spring of Moses, Egypt
Legend tells us that it was here, in the Isthmus of Suez, that Moses, leading the Israelites out of Egypt, struck a rock and provided his companions with water

Rj War / Suez Canal
The Russian Baltic Fleet passes eastwards through the Suez Canal, the shortest way to the scene of the fighting

Lions Share Disraeli
THE LIONs SHARE Disraeli buys Suez Canal shares to secure the safety of the passage to India

Entering Suez Canal
An India-bound P&O liner at Port Said, as it enters the Suez Canal

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