Description: Kantarah, EGYPT - Suez Canal - Masted Steamship : El Qantara (Arabic: القنطرة, Romanized: al qantara, lit. 'the bridge') is a northeastern Egyptian city on both sides of the Suez Canal, in the Egyptian governorate of Ismailia, 160 kilometers (99 mi) northeast of Cairo and 50 kilometers (31 mi) south of Port Said. The two parts of the city are connected by a high-level fixed road bridge, the Mubarak Peace Bridge. During World War I, Kantara, as it was referred to by the Allied troops, was the site of Headquarters No. 3 Section, Canal Defenses and Headquarters Eastern Force during the latter stages of the Defense of the Suez Canal Campaign and the Sinai Campaign of 1916. The massive distribution warehouse and hospital centre supported and supplied all British, Australian and New Zealand operations in the Sinai from 1916 until final demobilization in 1919. The Suez Canal (Arabic: قناة السويس qanāt as-suwēs) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. It is often considered to define the border between Africa and Asia. Constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1859 and 1869, it officially opened on 17 November 1869. The canal offers watercraft a more direct route between the North Atlantic and northern Indian oceans via the Mediterranean and Red seas, thus avoiding the South Atlantic and southern Indian oceans and reducing the journey distance from the Arabian Sea to London, for example, by approximately 8,900 kilometers (5,500 mi). It extends from the northern terminus of Port Said to the southern terminus of Port Tewfik at the city of Suez. Its length is 193.30 km (120.11 mi) including its northern and southern access-channels. In 2012, 17,225 vessels traversed the canal (an average of 47 per day). This Divided back Era (1907-15) postcard is in good condition. Ephtimios Freres, Port Said. No. 55025.
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Egypt: Kantarah
Canal: Suez
Steamship: Masted
Era: Divided Back (c. 1907-1915)
City/Region: Kantarah
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Theme: International Cities & Towns
Postage Condition: Unposted
Modified Item: No
Features: Panoramic
Country/Region of Manufacture: Egypt
Region: Middle East
