C1907 A Surviving Civilization
When the Far was moving at its lowest speed in the canals, people could feel how narrow the canals was. Indeed, it could only sail in one direction, because the average width of the Suez was only 50 to 60 meters and the narrowest was only 30 meters. The two ships had to collide together.
Historically, after the Suez was completed in 1869, it had undergone numerous dredging and expansion projects