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1948: Egypt Starts Power Project

Laying the foundation stone of a hydroelectric project that would have ambitious successors.

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Credit...International Herald Tribune

CAIRO, March 19 (U.P.).—King Farouk today laid the foundation stone of a new hydro-electric scheme at the Aswan Dam, in upper Egypt. The work which is expected to begin at Aswan shortly will be continued at Esna Nag Hamadi and Assiout, where other hydro-electric stations will be built. The whole scheme is to be completed by 1953. — The New York Herald, European Edition, March 20, 1948

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