Sujet

The Delta Barrage, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Artist: Unknown

Légende

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).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1920

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C45_304

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (6,2Mo) / 41,9cm x 29,9cm / 4947 x 3532 (300dpi)

Mots clés

fleuve architecture passage arqué voûte pays Le Caire échec géographie irrigation Le Nil Égyptien delta du Nil endroit siècle photographie barrage concept fleuve le Nil B&W MONOCHROME publication Échoué Dispositif Architectural noir et blanc noir et blanc B W les années 20 le Nil 20e siècle The Print Collector river crossing photographie Unknown Lehnert & Landrock Landrock Lehnert & photographie