The cost was $100 million
Building the Suez Canal - 1903 was released on: USA: January 1903
The British actually finished the Suez Canal, even though the French started building it.
The Suez Canal.
The cost was $100 million.
they could not pay their debts and had to sell the Seuz Canal.
Suez Canal...The Suez Canal
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November 1859
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$250,000
The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Suez. This typically would have been dug by hand, but the canal utilized new steam technology and dredging systems to create the canal. When Egypt took over the Suez Canal Company, it marked the end of the British Empire's control on the area.
The Suez Canal