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Bird's-eye view of Mesopotamia showing William Willcock's proposed scheme of irrigation. In addition to the construction of the Hindia Barrage, it includes the suggestion of drawing the flood water of the Euphrates and the Tigris into two depressions which would act as natural reservoirs and prevent flooding. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

Bird's-eye view of Mesopotamia showing William Willcock's proposed scheme of irrigation. In addition to the construction of the Hindia Barrage, it includes the suggestion of drawing the flood water of the Euphrates and the Tigris into two depressions which would act as natural reservoirs and prevent flooding. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.
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Bird's-eye view of Mesopotamia showing William Willcock's proposed scheme of irrigation. In addition to the construction of the Hindia Barrage, it includes the suggestion of drawing the flood water of the Euphrates and the Tigris into two depressions which would act as natural reservoirs and prevent flooding. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.
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