Old Dam; Aswan Egypt

The First Dam or Old Dam was begun in 1898 and finished in 1902 by the British. It was made of Aswan Granite and it was 100 feet high, 88 feet deep at its base and about one and a half miles long. It was unequal to the job of controling the irrigation needs downstream. It was widened and heightened several times without being able to solve the problem. It was replaced by the Aswan High Dam (Sadd el-Aali). In these pictures we are on the bus coming from the airport to Aswan. The pictures are in a series from left to right and from top to bottom of the page.

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