Aswan Dam

IMG 4234 --> A view of Lake Nassar from atop the Aswan High Dam . sign --> A sign describing facilities at the dam. IMG 4230 --> IMG 4225 --> A view of the cataracts down stream from the dam. IMG 4226 --> Hydroelectric power plant. The planning for and building of the dam was caught up in international relationships between the US, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and Israel. IMG 4229 --> A "lotus flower" monument to Arab-Soviet Friendship. The Soviet Union helped build the Aswan High Dam in 1960-1976. Previously, the British built a "low dam" in 1902.
IMG 4227 --> A view of Lake Nassar looking up river. The lake started to fill in 1964 was filled to capacity in 1976. IMG 4245 -->