Much later, in 1869, a great number of blocks of stone from Amathus were used for the construction of the Suez Canal.

He was already working independently on the construction of two railway stations, at Toulouse and Agen, and in 1866 he was given a contract to oversee the construction of 33 locomotives for the Egyptian government, a profitable but undemanding job in the course of which he visited Egypt, where he visited the Suez Canal which was being constructed by Ferdinand de Lesseps.

After the United Kingdom and the United States withdrew their pledge to support the construction of the Aswan Dam due to Egyptian overtures towards the Soviet Union, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the canal in 1956 and transferred it to the Suez Canal Authority, intending to finance the dam project using revenue from the canal.

Israel has declared that it will construct a railroad through the Negev desert, to compete with the Suez canal and that the construction will partly be financed by China.

* 25 April 1859 — The Suez Canal construction officially starts.

* Venetian ambassadors suggest to Turkey the construction of a Suez Canal.

" The official reason given for the nationalization was that funds from the Suez Canal would be used for the construction of the dam in Aswan.

Nasser also decided to cooperate with the USSR in the construction of the Aswan High Dam since the US withdrew its offer following the nationalization of the Suez Canal.

After the construction of the Suez Canal in 1869, which instantly became the main shipping-route to British India, successive British governments decided that Egypt was simply too strategic to be left to its own devices and imposed a military protectorate over the country.

* The construction of the Suez Canal, opened in 1869

Fresh impetus was given by opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and the following year, the government of Prime Minister Thrasyvoulos Zaimis passed a law authorising the construction of a Corinth Canal.

Simultaneously, Israel reinforces its position on the east bank of the Suez Canal by construction of the Bar Lev Line.

The construction of the Suez Canal, which opened in 1869, was one of the causes of the Panic of 1873, because the goods from the Far East were carried in sailing vessels around the Cape of Good Hope and were stored in British warehouses, but sailing vessels were not adaptable for use through the Suez Canal, because the prevailing winds of the Mediterranean Sea blow from west to east.

Raffaele de Ferrari was founder of the Crédit Immobilier de France with the Péreire brothers, rivals of the Rothschilds, who financed many of the major construction projects of the second half of the 19th century: railroads in Austria, Latin America, Portugal, upper Italy and France ( the Paris-Lyon-Marseille line ), the digging of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel and the Suez Canal, and the reconstruction of Paris designed by Baron Haussmann.

The construction of the Suez Canal was favoured by the natural conditions of the region: the comparatively short distance between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, the occurrence of a line of lakes or depressions which became lakes ( Lake Manzala in the north, and depressions, Timsah and the Bitter Lakes, part way along the route ), and the generally flat terrain.

The construction was a major undertaking with 76. 5 million cubic metres ( 2. 75 billion cubic feet ) of earth excavated — more than what was moved for the Suez Canal.

Yet at this stage Britain still maintained a network of client states in the Middle East ( Egypt until the early 1950s, Iraq and Jordan until the late 1950s ), major bases in such places as Cyprus and Suez ( until 1954 ) and expected to remain in control of parts of Africa for many more decades, Bevin approving the construction of a huge new base in East Africa.

By January 1917, construction of the railway and water pipeline eastwards from the Suez Canal was continuing ; the railway reached El Arish on 4 January.

The pasha was much under French influence, and in 1854 was induced to grant to the French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps a concession for the construction of the Suez Canal.

The construction of the northern coast highway in Egypt ( North Sinai part ) is expected to be finished by 2008 linking Qantara at Suez Canal ( in the west ) to Gaza strip border passing by Al Arish.

Founder of the Crédit Immobilier de France, Raffaele financed many of the major construction projects of the second half of the 19th century: railroads in Austria, Latin America, Portugal and France ( the Paris-Lyon-Marseille line ), the digging of the Fréjus tunnel and the Suez Canal, the Paris buildings designed by Baron Haussmann ... Three years after the fall of Napoleon III ( 1870 ), the Duchess proposed that the Count of Paris take up residence at the Rue de Varenne.

The total operation was a construction project comparable in magnitude with the Panama Canal, but in 1917 time was in short supply ; ;

United States activity to influence the area ( especially the Panama Canal construction and control ) led to a military uprising in the province of Panama in 1903, which resulted in the establishment of it as a nation.

This project began with the construction and improvement of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and was completed with the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal that connects to the Illinois River, which flows into the Mississippi River.

* 1825 – The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.

Whipple worked in the pathology department at Hopkins until he went to Panama, during the time of the construction of the Panama Canal, as pathologist to the Ancon Hospital in 1907 – 08.

Prisoner labor at the construction of the White Sea – Baltic Canal, 1931 – 33

One possible origin of the term " Hoosier " comes from the construction of the Louisville and Portland Canal

A contractor reportedly named Samuel Hoosier preferred to hire workers from Indiana during the construction of the Louisville and Portland Canal ( 1826 – 1831 ) in Louisville.

Canal construction served as a model for the organisation and methods later used to construct the railways.

Some of his proposals were adopted, specifically the extension of the Cumberland Road into Ohio with surveys for its continuation west to St. Louis ; the beginning of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the construction of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and the Louisville and Portland Canal around the falls of the Ohio ; the connection of the Great Lakes to the Ohio River system in Ohio and Indiana ; and the enlargement and rebuilding of the Dismal Swamp Canal in North Carolina.

* 1817 – At Rome, New York, United States, construction on the Erie Canal begins.

He negotiated the Hay – Pauncefote Treaty ( 1901 ), the Hay – Herran Treaty ( 1903 ), and the Hay – Bunau Varilla Treaty ( 1903 ), all of which were instrumental in clearing the way for the construction and use of the Canal.

In the early 19th century, the construction of the Champlain Canal connected Lake Champlain to the Hudson River system, allowing north-south commerce by water from New York City to Montreal and Atlantic Canada.

Before construction of the Panama Canal, a stagecoach line owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt's Accessory Transit Company connected the lake with the Pacific across the low hills of the narrow Isthmus of Rivas.

* 1904 – The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.

Gulag prisoner labourers at the construction of the White Sea – Baltic Canal, 1931 – 33

However, no progress has been made to date and the construction of the Third Set of Locks for the Panama Canal has apparently dampened Russian enthusiasm for the project.

The best reason that can be advanced for the state adopting the practice was the advent of expanded highway construction during the 1920s and '30s.

Timothy Palmer, who invented and later patented the arch type of construction for wooden bridges, was the genius who planned and supervised the building of the Essex, or `` Deer Island '' bridge although the actual work was carried out under the direction of William Coombs, who received $300 as recompense.

The north portion of the Essex bridge was well worth the cost of construction, although it proved to be twice what was estimated in the beginning.

The final step was a vote for a $230,000 bond issue for the construction of a sewage system by the 1959 town meeting, later confirmed by a two-thirds vote at a special town meeting June 21, 1960.

The next step was construction by the Manchester Light and Power Company of a plant on the west bank of the Battenkill south of Union Street bridge.

At about the time the Marsden enterprise was getting under way, the Vail Light and Lumber Company started construction of a chair stock factory on the site of the present Bennington Co-operative Creamery, intending to use its surplus power for generating electricity.

Moreover, it is too readily forgotten that in the Republic what gave the initial impetus to Plato's excursus into the construction of an imaginary commonwealth with its ruling-class communism of goods, wives, and children, was his quest for a canon for the proper ordering of the individual human psyche ; ;

In September 1822 two companies of infantry arrived at the mouth of the St. Peter's River, the head of navigation on the Mississippi, and began construction of Fort St. Anthony which, upon completion, was renamed in honor of its commander, Colonel Josiah Snelling.

The construction was reasonably solid ; ;

A bond issue which would have provided some $3.5 million for construction of the two 900-student schools was defeated by district voters in January.

Milton and Rosella Lovett of Cranston were awarded $55,000 damages from the state in Superior Court yesterday for industrial property which they owned at 83 Atwells Ave., Providence, and which was condemned for use in construction of Interstate Route 95.

Another obstacle was the grammatical construction of Siddo.

The Pacific Railway Acts of 1862 and 1864 granted federal support for the construction of the United States ' First Transcontinental Railroad, which was completed in 1869.

Mug House, a typical cliff dwelling of the period, was home to around 100 people who shared 94 small rooms and eight kivas built right up against each other and sharing many of their walls ; builders in these areas maximized space in any way they could and no areas were considered off-limits to construction.

This crisis was addressed in 1992-93 by construction of a tunnel to divert water into the lake from the Arpa River.

This decrease comes despite the fact that an important component of the government stimulus package was to support the completion of ongoing construction projects.

In the 2000s, along with the construction sector, the services sector was the driving force behind Armenia's recent high economic growth rate.

Throughout ancient and medieval history, most architectural design and construction was carried out by artisans, such as stone masons and carpenters, rising to the role of master builder.

Babbage was never able to complete construction of any of his machines due to conflicts with his chief engineer and inadequate funding.

These symbols show the deep religiosity of Gaudi, who was inspired by the contemporaneous construction of his basilica to choose the theme of the holy family.

Iron was afterwards introduced for the construction of anchors, and an improvement was made by forming them with teeth, or " flukes ", to fasten themselves into the bottom.