Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Suez Canal

Suez Canal

Original - The Suez Canal at Ismailia, Egypt, c. 1860.

Reason

The Suez Canal during a partially completed phase, c. 1860, at Ismailia, Egypt adjacent to the northern bank of Lake Timsah. Restored version of File:Suez Canal Ismailia.jpg. Smaller courtesy copy available for users with slow connection speeds at File:Suez Canal Ismailia2 courtesy copy.jpg.

Articles this image appears in

Suez Canal, Lake Timsah, Francis Frith

Creator

Francis Frith

• Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 00:11, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support a picture from the early days of the most important water ways of the world GerardM (talk) 06:01, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
• Support A bit grainy, but that's probably due to the photograph's age. Other than that, excellent picture, high encyclopedic value. tempodivalse [☎] 16:49, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

No quorum->Not promoted ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 05:29, 16 April 2009 (UTC)