Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 May 1929 — Page 12

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PROJECT FOR SEA IN SAHARA NEAR REALITY Boston Engineer Converts France: Desert May Be Garden. p,u TJnltr'i Prut* LONDON, May 31.—Dwight Braman, Boston engineer, has convinced the French government that he can make the arid Sahara desert blossom like anew garden in Eden. With this hurdle overcome, England is watching his further moves with great interest because of its immense irrigational projects in the Sudan and Egypt. Braman's plans call for one of the most stupendous engineering feats -ver performed in securing an inland sea in the heart of the Sahara Sea Will Increase Rainfall This sea. fed by canals from the Mediterranean, will furnish water for evaporation and thus increase the amount of rainfall. Irrigation water will be obtained by tapping 166 rivers and two underground streams, the flow of which will be augmented by the increased rainfall. The canal from the <ea feeding j the artificial inland super-lake will j be large enough to handle heavy j ships thus providing cheap trans- i portation for the newly developed ■ land in the Sahara. At the mouth of the canal, which j v.ill be in the Gulf of Babes, Braman plans to construct a harbor by 1 throwing up a large breakwater. The : harbor will be made one of the ports 1 of calls for Mediterranean vessels.

Site on Sally Land The site of the inland sea is salty, for the most part below sea level, cue, is southwest of Tunisia and west of the Gulf of Gabes. The sole purpose of the inland sea is to provide moisture to increase the rainfall, thereby augmenting the flow of the rivers in the Aures and Atlas mountains. A series of darns will control the water in these rivers, while three or four canals will carry it to the land susceptible of being cultivated. The climate and soil, according to Braman. will produce excellent wheat, maize, cotton and sugar corn. It will be the future granary of France and perhaps of the world. The Compagnie Sahara already has been formed under French law to carry out the project, and in a short time the entire project will be submitted to the parliament of Tunis for approval. The first map of the moon was made by Ricciolo. in 1650. who also originated the plan of naming the lunar craters after celebrated astronomers and philosophers.

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