Identifier: redemptionofegyp00worsuoft (find matches)
Title: The redemption of Egypt
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Worsfold, W. Basil (William Basil), 1858-1939
Subjects: Egypt -- Description and travel
Publisher: London G. Allen
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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quarters of a mile, roughlymeasured by the two weirs and the isthmus between them, in theconventional manner, that is, by trolley. As, however, we desireda more intimate acquaintance with the great weir than any whichwe should obtain by this rapid method of transit, we rejected theovertures of the Arabs, and proceeded on foot to the entrance ofthe Damietta branch. On our way we crossed the Tufikieh Canal,a broad channel which ran southwards in a perfectly straightcourse. We were now confronted by a graceful gateway designed 208 THE REDEMPTION OF EGYPT in the style of military Gothic ; and as we passed under its archeswe crossed the swing bridge of the eastern lock, which permitsthe passage of the Nile boats. After we had passed through thisgateAvay, we found the roadway carried by the arches of the weirstretching out before us. Down the centre of this roadway, whichwas paved by blocks of wood, ran the narrow line of rails overwhich the Arabs made the trolleys spin; and its surface was
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Travelling Winch. traversed by groups of camels and donkeys amid the crowds offoot passengers, for the Barrage serves the double purpose ofbridge and weir. On our left, that is, up-stream, were the sluices,which are raised or lowered, as occasion may require, by a travel-lino; winch, which runs on rails, and thus serves all the sluicesbetween the eastern and the central gateway. Beyond this cen-tral gateway a second travelling winch performs the same officein respect of the remaining sluices of the Daniietta branch. On BARRAGE xVND IRRIGATION SERVICE 209 the right of the roadway was the parapet, reheved by the semi-circular projections which mark the centre of each of the sixty-one arches which formed the down-stream front. The DamiettaBarrage led us to the isthmus which separates the two branchesof the Nile. The broad roadway was pleasantly shaded withtrees, and on the left of it some pretty gardens had been laid out.These gardens, we were told, were thronged by holiday parties,both

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