General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Buttress dam |
|---|---|
| Material: |
Masonry dam |
| Function / usage: |
Flood-control dam later use: Hydroelectric dam / plant |
Location
| Location: |
Aswan, Egypt |
|---|---|
| Impounds: |
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| Replaced by: |
Aswan High Dam (1971)
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| Coordinates: | 24° 2' 5.60" N 32° 52' 14.26" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 1902: 22 m 1912: 27 m 1933: 36 m |
|
| crest length | 1 950 m |
Materials
| dam structure |
masonry
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Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): Ägypten und Sinai. Pharaonische Tempel und islamische Traditionen. Dumont Kunst-Reiseführer, Cologne (Germany), pp. 366-367.
- L'aménagement du barrage d'Assouan sur le Nil. In: Travaux, n. 60 (December 1937), pp. 526.
- (1914): Le Grand Barrage d'Assouan. In: La Houille Blanche, v. 13, n. 6 (June 1914), pp. 170-173.
- (1993): Laboratory studies of properties of the stone masonry in the Old Aswan Dam. In: Materials and Structures, v. 26, n. 2 (March 1993), pp. 103-110.
- (1948): Stresses and Temperature Effects in Dams, with Particular Reference to Aswan Dam. In: Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 29, n. 3 (January 1948), pp. 185-221.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20004715 - Published on:
29/08/2002 - Last updated on:
05/01/2020
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