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Aswan High Dam |
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Aswan High DamDam across the Nile River, north of Aswan, Egypt. Built 4 mi (6 km) upstream from the earlier Aswan Dam (1902), it is 364 ft (111 m) high and 12,562 ft (3,830 m) long. Differences with Gamal Abdel Nasser led the U.S. and Britain to withdraw their financial support of the project in 1956, whereupon Nasser turned to the Soviet Union for assistance. The dam, completed in 1970, impounds the reservoir Lake Nasser and controls the annual Nile flood, releasing floodwaters when needed for irrigation; it also enables the production of great amounts of electric power. Its construction necessitated the relocation of the ancient Abu Simbel ruins. Aswan High Dam a dam on the Nile forming a reservoir (Lake Nasser) extending 480 km (300 miles) from the First to the Third Cataracts: opened in 1971, it was built 6 km (4 miles) upstream from the old Aswan Dam (built in 1902 and twice raised). Height of dam: 109 m (365 ft.) |
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| When plans to build the Aswan High Dam made it clear that Toshka and much of ancient Nubia would be forever under water, El Din set out to preserve Nubian culture through collecting its songs, traveling by donkey throughout Upper Egypt. The Unesco's first campaign raised US$80 million to save Egyptian pyramids from flooding by the Aswan High Dam in 1959. Aswan High Dam (Egypt) Chek Lap Kok Airport (Hong Kong) Chunnel (UK/France) Dwight D. |
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