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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Aswan Low Dam canonical 4
Old Aswan Dam 3
Aswan Dam 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

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Subject: Aswan Low Dam
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aswan High Dam nearbyStructure Aswan Low Dam
Aswan High Dam replacedFunctionOf Aswan Low Dam
Aswan Governorate containsDam Aswan Low Dam
First Cataract of the Nile near Aswan Low Dam
this entity surface form: Old Aswan Dam
Ballana discoveredDuring Aswan Low Dam
this entity surface form: Aswan Low Dam salvage excavations
Agilkia Island nearbyStructure Aswan Low Dam
this entity surface form: Old Aswan Dam
Benjamin Baker workedOn Aswan Low Dam
Aswan Low Dam reservoirName Aswan Low Dam self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Old Aswan Reservoir
Aswan Low Dam alsoKnownAs Aswan Low Dam
this entity surface form: Old Aswan Dam
Aswan Low Dam alsoKnownAs Aswan Low Dam
this entity surface form: Aswan Dam