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.
Although the Suez Canal wasn't officially completed until 1869, there is a long history of interest in connecting both the Nile River in Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. It is believed that the first canal in the area was constructed between the Nile River delta and the Red Sea in the 13th Century B.C.E.he Suez canal was built to create a short cut for shipping sailing between the Indian Ocean to the North Atlantic Ocean,avoiding the longer voyage around the Cape of Good Hope, or the more hazardous Cape Horn passage.