Suez Canal Company

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The Suez Canal Company was the French-led corporation that financed, built, and initially operated the Suez Canal in Egypt during the 19th century.

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Generate an image of the Suez Canal Company (The Suez Canal Company was the French-led corporation that financed, built, and initially operated the Suez Canal in Egypt during the 19th century.)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal operating company ⓘ
joint-stock company ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez ⓘ
linked to: Suez Canal Company
boardDominatedBy French directors ⓘ
canalOpeningDate 1869-11-17 ⓘ
concessionCountry Egypt ⓘ
concessionExtended 1866 ⓘ
concessionGrantedBy Muhammad Saʿid Pasha ⓘ
linked to: Saʿid Pasha
concessionPlannedEnd 1968 ⓘ
concessionStart 1854 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dissolved 1962 ⓘ
employedWorkersFrom Egypt ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
foundedBy Ferdinand de Lesseps ⓘ
headquartersLocation Paris ⓘ
inception 1858 ⓘ
industry maritime transport ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ
keyRoleIn expansion of European imperial influence in Egypt ⓘ
legalForm concessionary company ⓘ
locationCountry Egypt ⓘ
mainConstructionPeriod 1859–1869 ⓘ
mainOfficeLocation Ismailia ⓘ
Port Said ⓘ
Suez ⓘ
majorShareholder Egyptian government ⓘ
French government ⓘ
French private investors ⓘ
United Kingdom government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
nationalizationDate 1956-07-26 ⓘ
nationalizationLeader Gamal Abdel Nasser ⓘ
nationalizedBy Egypt ⓘ
openedBy Ismaʿil Pasha ⓘ
linked to: Ismail Pasha
operatedCanal Suez Canal ⓘ
operatingPeriod 1859–1956 ⓘ
primaryLanguage French ⓘ
regulatedBy Constantinople Convention of 1888 ⓘ
revenueSource tolls on shipping ⓘ
sharePurchaseBuyer Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ
sharePurchaseByUK 1875 ⓘ
sharePurchaseFrom Ismaʿil Pasha ⓘ
linked to: Ismail Pasha
strategicImportance shortest sea route between Europe and Asia ⓘ
subjectOf Suez Crisis ⓘ
international political disputes ⓘ
successor Suez Canal Authority ⓘ
usedLaborSystem corvée labor in early years ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Suez Canal → constructedBy → Suez Canal Company ⓘ
Suez Crisis → involvesOrganization → Suez Canal Company ⓘ
Suez Canal Authority → precededBy → Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez ⓘ
linked to: Suez Canal Company
Suez Canal Company → alsoKnownAs → Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez ⓘ
linked to: Suez Canal Company
Constantinople Convention of 1888 → relatedTo → Suez Canal Company ⓘ
Hay’at Qanāt as-Suways → replaced → Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez ⓘ
linked to: Suez Canal Company