ID: 700036681 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700036681	Record Type: Built Work

Aswan High Dam (rock-fill dam; lead engineer: Osman Ahmed Osman; completed in 1970; Aswān (Miṣr, Africa, World, Top of the TGN hierarchy); )

Note: Located in: Aswan, Egypt; It impounds the reservoir called Lake Nasser, that has a gross capacity of 169 billion cubic metres (5.97 trillion cubic feet)

Titles:

Aswan High Dam (preferred,C,U,English-P,,N)

Al-Sadd al-ʿĀlī (C,U,Arabic (transliterated),U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

rock-fill dam [300006108] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, hydraulic structures, <hydraulic structures by function>, dams (hydraulic structures), <dams by construction>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: completed in 1970

Creator Display:

lead engineer: Osman Ahmed Osman [preferred,BWR]

engineer Osman, Ahmed Osman (Egptian engineer, politician, 1917-1999) [500781756]

Locations:

Current: Aswān [7000122] (Geographic)

Address Note: +30.2210464,+31.233333; Aswan, Egypt

Other: Lake Nasser [1120187] (Geographic)

Display Materials: unavailable

Dimensions: 111 metres high, with a crest length of 3,830 metres, volume of 44,300,000 cubic metres

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

Related Works:

	associated with .... Aswan Low Dam [700089851]
	..........buttress dam; design: William Willcocks; engineers: Benjamin Baker and Joh...; 1899-1902; Aswān (Miṣr, Africa, World, Top of the TGN hierarchy);

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, urban planning, and engineering works

Sources and Contributors:
Aswan High Dam	........ [BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3734358
Al-Sadd al-ʿĀlī	........ [VP]
	........ UNESCO online (1998-)

Subject: ....... [BWR,VP]

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3734358

....................... BWR-13 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3734358

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 7224

....................... Avery Index2: BWR Contribution (2010-) 691111

Note:
English	..... [BWR,VP]
	..... BWR database (2010-)
	..... UNESCO online (1998-)
	..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)