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On this day - 17 November 1869 – Opening Suez Canal

The opening of Suez Canal in 1869, provided the shortest ocean link from Britain to the Far East by making the long journey around the Cape of Good Hope unnecessary.It took approximately 120 days to travel from Europe to Singapore (back and forth), and the initial route had to pass the Cape of Good Hope which is located at the south end of the African continent. The journey was unsafe as the weather there were always unfavorable.Β 

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38th IAHR World Congress
00:00
Riu Plaza Panama Hotel, PanamΓ‘ , Panama
Date : Sunday, 1st September 2019
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38th IAHR World Congress
00:00
Riu Plaza Panama Hotel, PanamΓ‘ , Panama
Date : Monday, 2nd September 2019
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38th IAHR World Congress
00:00
Riu Plaza Panama Hotel, PanamΓ‘ , Panama
JSCE Annual International Meeting
Kagawa University Saiwai-cho Campus
Date : Tuesday, 3rd September 2019
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38th IAHR World Congress
00:00
Riu Plaza Panama Hotel, PanamΓ‘ , Panama
JSCE Annual International Meeting
Kagawa University Saiwai-cho Campus
Date : Wednesday, 4th September 2019
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38th IAHR World Congress
00:00
Riu Plaza Panama Hotel, PanamΓ‘ , Panama
JSCE Annual International Meeting
Kagawa University Saiwai-cho Campus
Date : Thursday, 5th September 2019
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38th IAHR World Congress
00:00
Riu Plaza Panama Hotel, PanamΓ‘ , Panama
Date : Friday, 6th September 2019
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14th WCCE General Assembly
LNEC- The National Civil Engineering Laboratory., Lisbon , Portugal
Engineers around the world to share challenges and projects in Lisbon Civil Engineering Summit
Date : Wednesday, 25th September 2019
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14th WCCE General Assembly
LNEC- The National Civil Engineering Laboratory., Lisbon , Portugal
Engineers around the world to share challenges and projects in Lisbon Civil Engineering Summit
Date : Thursday, 26th September 2019
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13th ECEC General Assembly
LaboratΓ³rio Nacional de Engenharia Civil
4th General Assembly of Engineering Association of Mediterranean Countries (EAMC)
Lisbon , Portugal
Date : Friday, 27th September 2019
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