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The Delta Barrage, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Artist: Unknown

The Delta Barrage, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Artist: Unknown

2-320-812 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Delta Barrage, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Completed in 1862, the Delta Barrage was a dam which was intended to improve irrigation in the Nile Delta area of Egypt. However, its foundations had been so poorly laid that it could not be used as a dam was subsequently marked as a romantic river crossing instead. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo).

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  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
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  1. Lehnert & Landrock: : Publishers
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  1. Photograph
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World Africa Egypt Cairo Cairo

  1. 30 04 37 N , 031 17 09 E

World Africa Egypt

  1. 27 00 00 N , 030 00 00 E
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4947x3532
File Size : 51,190kb

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  1. 0580018759
  1. 2-320-812
  1. 2320812
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