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It is traversed eastwest by the Al-Isma?iliyah Canal, formerly called the Sweet Water Canal, built 185863 from the Bulaq quarter of Cairo on the Nile to the city of Ismailia on Lake At-Timsa? to provide fresh water for the thousands of workmen building the Suez Canal. A branch, commencing just west of the city, runs south along the waterway to Suez city. Ancient ruins have been discovered at Tall al-Maskhutah, about 10 miles (16 km) west of Ismailia on the Al-Isma?iliyah Canal. The canal itself follows the course of an ancient Red SeaNile canal, first built by the Saite pharaoh Necho II (610595 ). canal, suez