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Originally Posted by johndallman
The OTL one was built 1859-69, and largely dug by hand labour. With no need for locks it's easy to build if you can recruit (or coerce) enough labourers.
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There was a lot of forced labor involved, as I recall.
And, yes, considering that earlier large canal and locks systems were done at TLs 2, 3, and 4, I think this prospect looks like a plausible project for the Byzantine-Venetian alliance of Byzantine--7.
As Astro notes, first they have to reclaim Egypt for Christendom. And that means a war, possibly a new crusade.