Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 296
rming thus sidings {gares) where only vessels can pass each other. Atthese, therefore, a ship has often to wait until a file of perhaps twentysteamers, coming the other way, has passed. Occasionally a ship getsacross, or touches, and then the canal is blocked for hours. So muchinconvenience has… … Fig. 124.—a Group of Egyptian Fellahs^ mid their Wives. vessels would never have occasion to pass each other. The amount oftraffic is very large, and has been steadily increasing. Thus, in 1874, thetonnage of the vessels passing through was 5,794,400 tons ; in 1880, thetonnage was 8,183,313, and…
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