The Delta Barrage, Cairo, Egypt J.G. Parry-Thomas but was defeated and captured

but was defeated and captured at Boroughbridge in 1322

the centre exhibit Flora

James Short was one of Britain's leading instrument makers in the mid 18th century

Greengrocer bringing goods by boat

The Delta Barrage, Cairo, Egypt J.G. Parry-Thomas but was defeated and capturedThe Delta Barrage, Cairo, Egypt, c1920s. Completed in 1862, the Delta Barrage was a dam which was intended to improve irrigation in the Nile Delta area of Egypt. However, its foundations had been so poorly laid that it could not be used as a dam was subsequently marked as a romantic river crossing instead. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo).