Aswan Low Dam
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The Aswan Low Dam is an earlier masonry gravity dam on the Nile River in Egypt, built by the British at the start of the 20th century to control flooding and support irrigation before the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aswan Low Dam canonical | 4 |
| Old Aswan Dam | 3 |
| Aswan Dam | 1 |
| Aswan Low Dam salvage excavations | 1 |
| Old Aswan Reservoir | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arch dam
ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ hydraulic structure ⓘ infrastructure project ⓘ masonry dam ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Aswan Low Dam
ⓘ
surface form:
Aswan Dam
Aswan Low Dam ⓘ
surface form:
Old Aswan Dam
|
| builtBy | British engineers ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | 1902 ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | masonry gravity-arch design ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1899 ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| crosses | Nile ⓘ |
| designedBy | William Willcocks ⓘ |
| designedFor | storage of Nile floodwaters ⓘ |
| engineeringSignificance | one of the largest masonry dams of its time ⓘ |
| expanded |
1907
ⓘ
1912 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Aswan High Dam ⓘ |
| hasNavigationLock | yes ⓘ |
| hasSpillway | yes ⓘ |
| height | about 54 metres ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | British occupation of Egypt ⓘ |
| impact |
enabled perennial irrigation in parts of Egypt
ⓘ
reduced seasonal Nile flooding downstream ⓘ |
| length | about 1900 metres ⓘ |
| locatedDownstreamOf | Aswan High Dam ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Aswan Governorate ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Aswan ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Aswan ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Nile ⓘ |
| locatedUpstreamOf |
Aswan
ⓘ
surface form:
Aswan City
|
| material | granite masonry ⓘ |
| nearbyLandmark | First Cataract of the Nile ⓘ |
| opened | 1902 ⓘ |
| operator | Egyptian government ⓘ |
| partOf | Nile River irrigation system ⓘ |
| precededBy | traditional Nile basin irrigation ⓘ |
| purpose |
flood control
ⓘ
hydropower generation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ |
| raisedAgain | 1920 ⓘ |
| region | Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| reservoirName |
Aswan Low Dam
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Aswan Reservoir
|
| riverBasin | Nile Basin ⓘ |
| status | in operation ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Old Aswan Dam
this entity surface form:
Aswan Low Dam salvage excavations
this entity surface form:
Old Aswan Dam
this entity surface form:
Old Aswan Reservoir
this entity surface form:
Old Aswan Dam
this entity surface form:
Aswan Dam