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The
High Dam:
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 9th 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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