The Delta Barrage, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Artist: Unknown
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).
Size: 4947px × 3532px
Location: World,Africa,Egypt,Cairo,Cairo,World,Africa,Egypt
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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