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WILLCOCKS, William was born in 1852. $. of Captain W. Will cocks.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...had means of getting slave-boats down the Bahr Zeraf (Ismailia, pp. 61, 62, and 29). Baker returned in January 1871 to the Zeriba Kutchuk Ali on the Bahr Zeraf, and had before him the 100 kilometres of sudded channel. With the aid of 1200 men he completed the work by 13th March. The final operation was a canal through stiff clay 600 metres long (known to-day as Baker's cut) The fall from the Albert Nile into the Bahr Zeraf was so great (we have seen that it is 1 metre) that, in order to get the boats and steamers across the final distance, Baker made a dam 120 metres long across the Zeraf by means of a double row of piles, sand bags, and fascines of the tall grasses. He thus secured the necessary depth of water, and the flotilla sailed into the Albert Nile. On his way back in June 1873, ne tnus describes the appearance of the head of the Zeraf river where he had made the cut in March 1871:--"On arrival at the Bahr Zeraf cut, we found that the canals which we had formerly cut were much improved by the force of the stream. Although these passages were narrow, they had become deep, and we progressed with comparatively little trouble." The rest of the journey down the Bahr Zeraf was easily performed. In January 1874, when the river was low, the sudd in the Albert Nile was removed by Ismail Pasha Ayoub, Governor-General of the Sudan. From 1874 to 1878, while Gordon was Governor-General, the Albert Nile was clear of sudd, but the wide stream of 1840 had dwindled down to a clear waterway free of weeds on a width of only 6 metres in one place, and from 20 to 30 metres over long reaches. This is clearly recorded on the map prepared by General Gordon and his staff in 1874 to 1877. The escape of water down numerous spills had deprived the Albert Nile of the ...
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WILLCOCKS, William was born in 1852. $. of Captain W. Will cocks.
Studied at Roorkee College Roorkee, India.
Indian Public Works, 1872-1883. Egyptian Public Works, Reservoirs, 1883-1897. Projected and designed the Assuan Dam (Companion of St. Michael and St. George), 1898. Adviser to the Ministry of Public Works, Constantinople.
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Spouse 1876, Susan Anne,daughter of Rev. G. E. Scott-Mon crieff.