Title

On the Mahmoudiyah Canal, Alexandria, Egypt, 20th century. Artist: J Dearden Holmes

Caption

On the Mahmoudiyah Canal, Alexandria, Egypt, 20th century. The canal was dug between 1807 and 1820 to deliver the water of the Nile to Alexandria and to provide a passage for cargo vessels. The project was ordered by Muhammad Ali, the Ottoman Khedive of Egypt and Sudan. Sunbeam Tours stereoscopic card detail.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1900

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C59_395

Model release

Non

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

50,2Mo (3,1Mo) / 34,0cm x 37,1cm / 4012 x 4377 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation exterior Africa urban water building buildings religious mosque sailing boat boat boats country Egypt religion ship ships continent Egyptian canal Muslim Islam Islamic minaret Moslem location sailboat century empire felucca sail outside civil engineering North African B&W North Africa MONOCHROME Alexandria 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W 20th century nineteenth century The Print Collector Ottoman Empire TGN photograph Ali Muhammad Ali Muhammad Governor of Egypt Mehmet Muhammad Ali Pasha Mehmet Ali J Dearden Holmes Holmes J Dearden Mahmoudiyah Canal Muhammad Ali photograph