To whom is the world indebted for this canal?
This great work owes its inception and completion to the enterprise and indomitable energy of Ferdinand de Lesseps, who was born at Versailles, France, on the 19th November, 1805. In January, 1856, he obtained a charter from the Egyptian Government for a company to construct the canal, and began work in 1859. Though beset by many difficulties, the persistent energy of De Lesseps fought its way to success, and in 1869 he had the satisfaction of seeing the waters of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea mingle in the Bitter Lakes. He has since been engaged in many engineering projects, the latest being a canal across the Isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Inception, beginning.
Indomitable, not to be subdued.
Persistent, inclined to hold firm.
What is a Suspension Bridge?
A bridge supported by wires, ropes, or chains, which usually pass over high piers or columns at each end, and are secured in the ground below.
Name some of the largest bridges of this kind.
That at Niagara, those over the Allegheny at Pittsburg and the Ohio at Cincinnati, and the great East River bridge, which connects New York and Brooklyn.
Who planned these bridges?