First vessels through the Suez Canal 1869

"Suez Canal, between Kantara and El-Fedane. The first vessels through the Canal", engraving, 1869, unknown artist; source: Appleton's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, 1869, wikimedia commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SuezCanalKantara.jpg, public domain.

This 19th century engraving shows the first vessels passing through the Suez Canal on its eastern side.

"Suez Canal, between Kantara and El-Fedane. The first vessels through the Canal", engraving, 1869, unknown artist; source: Appleton's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, 1869, wikimedia commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SuezCanalKantara.jpg, public domain.