slide, lantern

Item

Title
slide, lantern
Description
Lantern slide. Showing the Delta barrage at Cairo. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. It formed part of a lecture which he gave. The barrage was designed by the French engineer Moughal Bey and was finally complete in 1862. It was replaced by a new barrage in 1939. This view is similar to EC1748.
Identifier
EC1624
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