Plaque about the Suez Canal on the Rockingham Waterfront Pioneer Rotary Walk in Rockingham, Western Australia. It reads, "The Suez Canal opened in 1869 causing a dramatic increase in shipping during the 1870's. This coincided with a demand for railway sleepers and road blocks from the new mill at Jarrahdale. In 1872 a wooden tramway was constructed between Jarrahdale and Rockingham where a deep-water jetty was built to load the sailing ships."