The Plum City Village Board early last week planned for the coming cold-weather season. The board approved the same charges as last winter for owners of vehicles needing to be towed. They are $75 or $100 if a tow bar must be used. The lighting of Spring Pond Park for the holidays... News / government 20 hours 59 min ago.
The construction of the Suez Canal connected the Mediterranean and Red Seas. This 101-mile waterway allowed ships to avoid traveling around the southern tip of Africa. The Suez Canal is the shortest route between Europe and the western Pacific and Indian Oceans.
In 1854 Ferdinand de Lesseps, a French former diplomat, persuaded the Viceroy of Egypt, Mohamed Said, to permit the construction of a shipping canal through the 100 miles of desert between Africa and Asia.uring the two World Wars, the Suez Canal came under attack. Soon after the outbreak of World War One, Britain declared Egypt a protectorate and British and Indian forces were sent to protect the canal. Turkey, which had entered the war as Germanyâs ally in 1914, sent troops to seize the canal in February 1915.