Barrages du Nil - Rive Quest (vue générale), 1906
Scope and Contents
285 x 227 mm. A view looking along the western or Rosetta Barrage, a brick and stone construction surmounted by turreted towers on the roadway across. The construction, situated at the divide of the Nile north of Cairo, was designed to keep the water of the Nile level at all seasons and do away with the old irrigation machinery (Y3041B/30 and 31). Photograph by G. Kelegian.
Dates
- Creation: 1906
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Language of Materials
English
Date information
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Finding aid date
2012-10-03 11:32:41+00:00
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