Egyptian Supervision of Public Works (1857 - 1914)
Egyptian Supervision of Public Works (1857 - 1914) (نِظَارَة الأشغال العمومية) was a government body under the khedivate government of Muhammed Ali and his successors. It grew out of an earlier office established in 1836, and after its name was changed in 1914 to the Ministry of Public Works (وزارة الأشغال العمومية) it continued to undertake the same mission of infrastructure maintenance and modernization, especially the canal system around the Nile. It is the basis for today's Ministry of Water Sources and Irrigation (وزارة الموارد المائية والري). For most of the 19th century, the office was strongly influenced by French engineering and cartography, including Xavier Pascal Coste (1787 - 1879), who was tasked by Muhammed Ali for undertaking several large-scale irrigation works. Following the British occupation of 1882, British engineers took over the department and launched even more ambitious projects, including the Aswan Low Dam, the largest dam of its kind in the world when completed.
AKA: 1857 - 1914
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