Assiut Barrage on the Nile
The Assiut or Asyut Barrage damming the River Nile in Egypt (seen here from downstream), about 350 miles downstream of the Aswan Dam. Designed by British engineer Sir William Willcocks, who also designed the Aswan Dam, it was built between 1898 and 1903
Picture No
10290362
Media ID
45535038
Size
4704px x 3528px
(1.8MB)
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 Damming Dams Downstream Willcocks
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