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Aswan High Dam

by Peggy J. Parks

2004 48 pages eng

History
Dams Design and construction Juvenile literature History

Describes the techniques used and difficulties faced in building Egypt's Aswan High Dam, which tamed the vital waters of the Nile and changed the lives of Egyptians, as well as 100,000 Nubians displaced by the reservoir.

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