Cairo, Egypt - Nile Delta Barrage
The Delta Barrage is barrage-type dam that was constructed intermittently beginning in 1833 to its initial completion in 1862. Its purpose was to improve irrigation and navigation along the main Rosetta and Damietta branches of the Nile downstream of the point where they divide north of Cairo, Egypt
Picture No
14166066
Media ID
48713697
Size
3624px x 5579px
(5.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
The Cairo Postcard Trust
Date
circa 1910s
