Aswan Low Dam

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The Aswan Low Dam is an earlier masonry gravity dam on the Nile River in Egypt, built by the British at the start of the 20th century to control flooding and support irrigation before the construction of the Aswan High Dam.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Aswan Low Dam canonical 4
Old Aswan Dam 4
Aswan Dam 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arch dam ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
hydraulic structure ⓘ
infrastructure project ⓘ
masonry dam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Aswan Dam ⓘ
linked to: Aswan Low Dam

Old Aswan Dam ⓘ
linked to: Aswan Low Dam
builtBy British engineers ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1902 ⓘ
constructionMethod masonry gravity-arch design ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1899 ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
crosses Nile ⓘ
designedBy William Willcocks ⓘ
designedFor storage of Nile floodwaters ⓘ
engineeringSignificance one of the largest masonry dams of its time ⓘ
expanded 1907 ⓘ
1912 ⓘ
followedBy Aswan High Dam ⓘ
hasNavigationLock yes ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height about 54 metres ⓘ
historicalPeriod British occupation of Egypt ⓘ
impact enabled perennial irrigation in parts of Egypt ⓘ
reduced seasonal Nile flooding downstream ⓘ
length about 1900 metres ⓘ
locatedDownstreamOf Aswan High Dam ⓘ
locatedIn Aswan Governorate ⓘ
locatedInCity Aswan ⓘ
locatedNear Aswan ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Nile ⓘ
locatedUpstreamOf Aswan City ⓘ
linked to: Aswan
material granite masonry ⓘ
nearbyLandmark First Cataract of the Nile ⓘ
opened 1902 ⓘ
operator Egyptian government ⓘ
partOf Nile River irrigation system ⓘ
precededBy traditional Nile basin irrigation ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydropower generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
raisedAgain 1920 ⓘ
region Upper Egypt ⓘ
reservoirName Old Aswan Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Aswan Low Dam
riverBasin Nile Basin ⓘ
status in operation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aswan High Dam → nearbyStructure → Aswan Low Dam ⓘ
Aswan High Dam → replacedFunctionOf → Aswan Low Dam ⓘ
Aswan Governorate → containsDam → Aswan Low Dam ⓘ
First Cataract of the Nile → near → Old Aswan Dam ⓘ
linked to: Aswan Low Dam
Ballana → discoveredDuring → Aswan Low Dam salvage excavations ⓘ
linked to: Aswan Low Dam
Agilkia Island → nearbyStructure → Old Aswan Dam ⓘ
linked to: Aswan Low Dam
Benjamin Baker → workedOn → Aswan Low Dam ⓘ
Aswan Low Dam → reservoirName → Old Aswan Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Aswan Low Dam
Aswan Low Dam → alsoKnownAs → Old Aswan Dam ⓘ
linked to: Aswan Low Dam
Aswan Low Dam → alsoKnownAs → Aswan Dam ⓘ
linked to: Aswan Low Dam
Nile River channels around Aswan → near → Old Aswan Dam ⓘ
linked to: Aswan Low Dam