. The Artizan. terraneanwhere tho wator deepens most rapidly, In order to reduce the length of that liavo to bo constructed. The line of the oanal passes thithe successive lakes, outs through the elevated table-lands ol ElGiEl Ferdane and Serapeum, and the high ground at Ohalouf, and crosses the Sun/, plain to the Red Sea at Sues. Th tion of the canal ins originally intended to be made with 26ft depth of water and 72ft. width el the bottomof tho excavation, with -\>o» of l in 2, giving a width of water way oi 176het at tho surface; but this width lias boon increaseI to ::2Hft. for
. The Artizan. terraneanwhere tho wator deepens most rapidly, In order to reduce the length of that liavo to bo constructed. The line of the oanal passes thithe successive lakes, outs through the elevated table-lands ol ElGiEl Ferdane and Serapeum, and the high ground at Ohalouf, and crosses the Sun/, plain to the Red Sea at Sues. Th tion of the canal ins originally intended to be made with 26ft depth of water and 72ft. width el the bottomof tho excavation, with -\>o» of l in 2, giving a width of water way oi 176het at tho surface; but this width lias boon increaseI to ::2Hft. for theportions of tho canal passing through tho low ground and lakos, and the slopes below the water line have been left to take the natural slope of thesoil. For the cuttings through the high ground at El Guisr, Serapeum,and Chalouf, the section of the canal is that shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 5.—Transverse Section of Canal, where passing through the high groundat El Gruisr, Serapeum, and Chalouf. Fig. 6.—Transverse Section of Canal, where passing through the lowground and lakes. Tho first operation consistod in cutting a freshwater canal, in prolonga-tion of the old Ouady Canal from the Nilo, for the purpose of obtaining asupply of fresh water for tho men employed on tho works ; this prolonga-tion was carried to Ismailia, whoro the hoad-quartors of the works are es-tablished noar tho middle point of the maritime canal. Tho lino of thomaritime canal through Lakes Monzaloh and Ballah was then commencodby oxcavating two side trenches, tho spoil forming a continuous embauk-mont along each side of tho canal across tho ground lying bolow tho soalovol; and tho embankment on tho African sido was made strong enoughto rosist tho action of tho wavos in tho lako, and to carry tho fresh watorconduit on tho top. A communication by wator was then offoctod fromtho Moditorranoan to tho Rod Soa by means of tho freshwater canal, abranch of which was constructed from Ismailia to Suoz, and
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