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Barrage du Nil.
Creator
Félix BonfilsFrench Photographer · 1831–1885
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- about 1878
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 63a22a25-3899-4677-9100-c763402bcf39
What the image shows
A long stone structure with arched openings and towers along its length.
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From the Getty Museum record
View of one of the Nile Delta Barrages. The dam stretches across the water, from the foreground to the background, and is made up of a series of arches, with turrets at each pier. An archway flanked by two towers sits above the abutment at the shore line.
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Places this record points to
- Nile (Delta) Barrage — Qalyubia Governorate, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Barrage du Nil”
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