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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-)
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