Egyptian Public Works
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The Egyptian Department of Public Works was established in the early 19th century, and concentrates mainly on public works relating to irrigation and hydraulic engineering. These irrigation projects h
Aswan High Dam, crown jewel of the Egyptian Public Works
French engineer Pascal Coste (1787–1879). First Chief Engineer for Lower Egypt (1819–1829)
Nile Barrage in 1906, with its distinctive architecture
The Ismailia Canal
Ibrahimiya Canal
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The Ibrahimiyah Canal is an irrigation canal in Egypt built in 1873 during the reign of Ismail Pasha as Khedive of Egypt, the most important public work executed under the new Ministry of Public Works
Egyptian Public Works
…Ismail Pasha (1863–1879), many great public works projects were constructed. Over 8,000 miles (13,000 km) of new canals (the longest of which was the Ibrahimiya Canal) were dug; the cultivated area increased from 3,050,000 feddans in 1813 to 4,743,000 in 1877. Ismail's khedivate is also closely connected to the…
Ibrahimiya Canal in Minya