How Did they Build the Suez Canal? 1859 to Today: Extreme Constructions | Documentary

Confusing timeline... why not just tell the story chronologically rather than constantly jumping back and forth... ?

😊I got to assume the dredger wasn't named the I.B.N. Battuta, but was infact called the Ibn Battuta, as that was a famous traveler that explored most of the old world.

Thank you for this history on the Suez Canal until now. It reminded me on my seafarer days back in the 70ties, working as a seaman in the German Merchant Navy. I travelled this Canal on my Journey to Japan and Korea in 1972 , a journey I never forgot. On our way back we were got up in Sandstorm blowing the sand through our working cloth right up the skin. A great adventure and I was only 17 years old.

Sailed through the Suez Canal a couple of times both ways on type 23 frigates of the Royal Navy, very impressive

When I was six y.o., I travelled to Italy from Australia on the MV Sydney; ( Flotta Lauro) and passed through the Suez Canal in December 1955. Arrived in Port Said at night. On my return to Australia ( late 1956, again on the Sydney) we saw the US ?7th Fleet and the British Mediterranean Fleet gathering off Port Said. We were the last convoy Southbound to pass through...we got the news on board whilst in the Red Sea that Nasser had blocked the canal ( British-French- Israel intervention). At seven years of age, I still can visualize the Railway Swing Bridge, the waterway itself, and the crowds of small boats around the ships in Suez harbor. Still have some photos of both passages...67 years ago...

Have sailed through the Suez Canal (as a deck cadet) on a general cargo ship, in 1975, it was first reopened. From Port Taufiq to Port Said. Amazing. Nice Videos.

...."the cutting edge of technology"......is a most apt word considering the work being carried out

It being opened in 1869 just blew me away. I hadn't known this, prior to this video. I'm old enough to remember several of the wars in the area, and I hope that all of the regional players can understand the importance of this waterway.

Amazing. Got more about suze history. Thanks

Incredible. An hour long explanation that conveniently skips the questions I wanted answered. How was the water held back while building it? And how was the water released safely once finished?

Mind_ boggling engineering i had no idea !!

I love that they named the dredger Nicollo Machiavelli.

I would have thought that the company that owns the canal owned or would have bought a few of the old giant drag line shovel that went for scrap in the 80's to permanently work they're way up and down, back and fourth to keep the sand at bay

Thank you for this video

I wonderd so many Times how they built this back then. Thx for this documentary and thx to the algorhytm to. Perfekt timing to watch before going to bed.

Vraiment une belle video. Elle nous montre comment le canal de suez etait construit et opere depuis sa conception par Ferdinand DeLessep jusqu'a aujourd'hui durant la paix et apres le deux guerres recentes. Le canal est le temoin du genie civil francais et la cooperation avec le gouvernement d'Egypte.

I first went through the canal on the BP Tanker British Loyalty in the November of 1977.. Those steam dredgers were still in operation then.. I can never forget the noise of them.. squealing and screeching like something from the pits of hell..

Hats off to Ferdinand de Lesseps. Well done the French! Visionaries. That said, I didn't know the pharaohs had dug a huge canal, centuries earlier. Well done.

Great work.

Fascinating 🤔