After 10 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam cross the Nile River in Egypt was completed on #ThisDayInHistory in 1970. More than two miles long, the massive dam ended the cycle of flood and drought but produced several negative side effects. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/aswan-high-dam-completed | HISTORY

Aswan High Dam, is the world's largest embankment dam built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. Its significance largely eclipsed the previous Aswan Low Dam initially completed in 1902 downstream. Based on the success of the Low Dam, then at its maximum utilization, construction of the High Dam became a key objective of the government following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952; with its ability to better control flooding, provide increased water storage for irrigation and gene