Assiut Barrage on the Nile
Constructing the Assiut of Asyut Barrage on the River Nile in Egypt, about 350 miles downstream of the Aswan Dam. The dam was built in order to divert the waters of the Nile into Egypt's largest irrigation canal, the Ibrahimiya Canal. The photograph shows the foundations of the Ibrahimiya canal head regulator
Picture No
10290366
Media ID
45527191
Size
4533px x 3528px
(2.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/Ins. of Civil Engineers
Source
Photograph by D.S. George from The Nile Reservoir Works at Aswan and Asyut'. Institution of Civil Engineers
Date
1902
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Assiut Asyut Barrage Constructing Dams Foundations Irrigation Regulator
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