Summary

The Delta Barrage Bridge crosses the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt.

Photograph from an album compiled by Sister Selina Lily (Lil) Mackenzie, documenting life as an Australian nurse during World War I. Lil nursed at the 1st Australian General Hospital (AGH) from October 1915 to January 1917. The 1st AGH was located in the Heliopolis Palace Hotel on the north-eastern edge of Cairo.

Description of Content

Tower at the end of a bridge, built of brick and with gothic and rounded winders and doorways. Castellations on rounded tower structure on left side of tower. Ropes for drawbridge (or similar). Two figures in the foreground - one a boy carrying a bundle of wood.

Physical Description

Black and white photograph on paper in a blue, cloth-bound album.

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