The Dredgers

The Dredgers: Machines designed to the digging of the Suez Canal here being tested in Saint-James, near Neuilly (Le Monde illustré)   Dredgers and chute in action (Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du canal de Suez)   A construction site: engineers and workers posing in front of the dredgers (Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du canal de Suez)   The laying of the tracks for the transportation of the dredgers (Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du canal de Suez)   Dredgers in action (Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du canal de Suez)

____Summary____ History Report to Napoleon Biographical entry on de Lesseps Correspondence memoirs by de Lesseps Biography of Mohammed Said Memoirs by de Lesseps Firman of Mohammed Said Funding and shares portfolio File on the British opposition The First Blow of the Pickaxe October 1859: Reception at St Cloud The entrance of the Mediterranean into lake Timsah. Biography of Ismail Pasha The Opinions of the French The Imperial Decision Dredgers Firman of the Consul Abdul Aziz Call for subscription The Universal Exhibition The Joining of the Two Seas Tributes Content