| Show AGAIN 70 1 0 BE fertil LAND sull budding ding of dam calculated to Ret tore th tta prosperity cf of old mesopotamia with the completion a 0 the hindi yeh yoh barrage on the river euphrate Euph rite tho the first step has been taken which will ultimately turn mesopotamia into tho the fertile land it was in biblical times for ages the waters aters i of the tile tf tria kris and 1 euphrates rates have run to wall waste to 4 x th desert or accumulated in uns unwholesome hole marshes and devast devastation aidon and the dt dk cay of centuries havo oct et their marl marh upon enor mova art arias as that once blos domed as tho the rose in the great babylonian lonian plain tradition has bag placed tho the garden of eden and tie tle still visible ruins of the old dam 1 end and canals show how Import important allt a part war wa played by irrigation in the economic prosperity of 0 chaldea chalden and babylon after lying dormant for agee ages as tho the result of 0 dea devastating stating ware tartar in roads and anti turkish apathy fertil fertility ity is about to ae e restored resi ored to those deso latt lato reg re gloni lonii as by tho the wave of a ma garlans gir lans wa fahd 11 1 1 the magician is to the modern efimi peer in the portion of sir william who in 1909 was commissioned by trig turkish government to prepare an scheibe ra e in its entirety sir william wll acocks plan entailed an expenditure of and it la Is the first portion of the storks orl which were inaugurated the barn bambe vae 47 miles adouth of bagdad haa has been built just above the town of and to the east of the present riverbed river bed and it distributes tl hc waters aters of the euphrates through regulator regulators s don the old izillah brai Kli pnat past babylon to nillah ah it Is SOO feet long and consists of 33 35 arches fitted with sluice gates IG feet aade ide the arches are supported by alerts 19 feet high and four feet thick with key piers measuring 11 feet this structure rests upon a foundation of three feet of eon concrete crete and six feet of brick brickwork adjoining tho barrage Is a tl lock with h 26 25 foot opening for the uee tire of the river trat fl |
