KUT BARRAGE, —A side view of the fifty-six mechanically-operated gates of the Kut barrage, opened by the late King Ghazi of Irak on April 3, a few days before his death as a result of a motor car accident. The barrage is designed to control the River Tigris at Kut-el-Amarah, 110 miles from Bagdad, and cost £1,120,000 to construct. Its total length, including the lock, is 1615 ft, and it took four years to build. The work was done by a British firm employing native labour.
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Northern Advocate, 9 May 1939, Page 10
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86KUT BARRAGE,—A side view of the fifty-six mechanically-operated gates of the Kut barrage, opened by the late King Ghazi of Irak on April 3, a few days before his death as a result of a motor car accident. The barrage is designed to control the River Tigris at Kut-el-Amarah, 110 miles from Bagdad, and cost £1,120,000 to construct. Its total length, including the lock, is 1615ft, and it took four years to build. The work was done by a British firm employing native labour. Northern Advocate, 9 May 1939, Page 10
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