Historical dams: Foundation of the future rests on the achievements of the past / Edited by H. Fahlbush
Historical dams: Foundation of the future rests on the achievements of the past / Edited by H. Fahlbush
- New Delhi: ICID., 2001
- 562p; illust., 25cm
The Sadd-el-Kafara, the World's oldest dam. Historical water storage for irrigation in the Fayum depression (Egypt). Water management for irrigation in antiquity (Urartu 850 to 600 BC). The historical development of the gravity dam. Dams in Pre-Islamic South-Arabia. Historical dams in Iran. The history of dams in Central Europe. Nabataean dams. Dams in the old Sudanese Empire of Kush (Nubia). Ancient dams in the Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia. The evolution of arch dams. The mining ponds of the upper harz. Dam contruction in the Seljuk and Ottoman periods. An outline of the history of dam construction in the Danube area. Development of dams and reservoirs in the Czech and Slovak Republics. British Dam. The evolution of buttress dams. Historical development of the technologies for the construction of earth and rockfill dams. The history of the old dam near Asean.
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8185068763
Dam -- History.
The Sadd-el-Kafara, the World's oldest dam. Historical water storage for irrigation in the Fayum depression (Egypt). Water management for irrigation in antiquity (Urartu 850 to 600 BC). The historical development of the gravity dam. Dams in Pre-Islamic South-Arabia. Historical dams in Iran. The history of dams in Central Europe. Nabataean dams. Dams in the old Sudanese Empire of Kush (Nubia). Ancient dams in the Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia. The evolution of arch dams. The mining ponds of the upper harz. Dam contruction in the Seljuk and Ottoman periods. An outline of the history of dam construction in the Danube area. Development of dams and reservoirs in the Czech and Slovak Republics. British Dam. The evolution of buttress dams. Historical development of the technologies for the construction of earth and rockfill dams. The history of the old dam near Asean.
eng
8185068763
Dam -- History.