The High Dam of Aswan is a great project. In fact it
was one of the most important achievements of the
in the last century in Egypt, even for many years it
was a symbol of the New Era of the Revolution of
1952. It provided Egypt with water and electricity and secured the country of the risk of the destructive inundation. The Aswan High Dam was a great project! In fact it was one of the most important achievements of the
last century in Egypt, for many years symbolising the New Era of the Revolution of 1952. It provides Egypt with water and electricity, and secures the country
from the risk of the destructive inundation
of the River Nile. After the revolution of July 1952, President Nasser announced his proposal for building the High Dam, but was met with Western refusals to co-operate,
so he turned to the Soviet Union for both technological and financial aid. The result was the present rock-filled structure. The work began on
the 9 th January 1960 and the completed dam was
opened in the spring of 1971. This gigantic building is 111m tall, 3.5Km in length and about 1Km wide! It has a Hydro-electric plant, with 6 turbines, capable of producing 2.1 million kilowatts. As a result of its construction, a great lake was
formed, Lake Nasser, which is about 10 km wide in
some places, and 500km long. extending between
Egypt and The Sudan – the worlds largest man-made
lake! This lake also has an immense fish population,
which is commercially exploited. Because raising the
water caused the damage, and loss, of so many of
the Nubian monuments, great efforts were made by
the Egyptian Government, aided by UNESCO and
other countries, to save the most important
monuments of Nubia .

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