Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . at firstfollows the navigable channel indicated by stakes. To the S. risesthe Gebel Abu Balah range. In /4 ur- we reach the entrance to theCanal, which now intersects the plateau of El-Gisr (the threshold)in .a straight direction. The hills of El-Gisr cross the course of theCanal a little to theN. of Lake Timsah, and presented a serious ob-stacle to its construction. The average height of the thresholdis 52ft. above the sea-level, and it is now about 82ft. above thebottom of the (anal. In ord
Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . at firstfollows the navigable channel indicated by stakes. To the S. risesthe Gebel Abu Balah range. In /4 ur- we reach the entrance to theCanal, which now intersects the plateau of El-Gisr (the threshold)in .a straight direction. The hills of El-Gisr cross the course of theCanal a little to theN. of Lake Timsah, and presented a serious ob-stacle to its construction. The average height of the thresholdis 52ft. above the sea-level, and it is now about 82ft. above thebottom of the (anal. In order to form a cutting through it, no lessthan 18,767,000 cubic yds. of earth had to be removed, and 20,000ii were employed in the work before machinery could be -<\ yy.
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