The Makwar Dam Sennar, which will facilitate the irrigation of 300,000 acres of arid Egyptian desert. The dam, which is 2000 miles up the Nile, is two miles long, <ost £12,500,000, and took twelve years to build It is anticipated that the desert will be changed into a land of _, , green crops, bringing prosperity to growers 4>f cotton and benefits to the Lancashire buyers. —"Central Press" photo.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 54, 5 March 1926, Page 8
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67The Makwar Dam Sennar, which will facilitate the irrigation of 300,000 acres of arid Egyptian desert. The dam, which is 2000 miles up the Nile, is two miles long, <ost £12,500,000, and took twelve years to build It is anticipated that the desert will be changed into a land of _, , green crops, bringing prosperity to growers 4>f cotton and benefits to the Lancashire buyers. —"Central Press" photo. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 54, 5 March 1926, Page 8
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