"كتيّب سوريا (بما في ذلك فلسطين). لندن: إدارة استخبارات الأركان البحرية، يونيو ١٩١٩" [و‎‎٢‎٠‎٨] (٧٣٨/٤٢٠)

THE LEBANON AND ANTI-LEBANON
409
34.000. 000 gallons per 24 hrs. At 3| miles from the sea
is the intake of the Watta Canal which runs along the
r. bank of the river towards the mouth, when it turns
north and irrigates all the low lands lying between the
river and the town of Juneh; it has a capacity of about
9.000. 000 gallons per 24 hrs. At 3£ miles from the sea is
the intake of the Beirut Waterworks Canal with a capacity
of 25,000,000 gallons per 24 hrs. ; below this point any
water found in the bed after the end of July is waste from
the Watta Canal. The waterworks canal runs along the
r. bank for 300 yds. at a lower level than the Watta Canal,
and then crosses to the 1. bank by a ferro-concrete cantilever
aqueduct of 100-ft. span. It follows the 1. bank for 2,000 yds.
and then the water enters a tunnel 1,100 yds. long, finally
reaching the pumping station. Between Je‘ita and the sea
there are se.ven mills, the lowest of which takes its power from
the Watta Canal and the remainder from the river.
The N. el-Kelb is crossed by seven bridges in all. At the
mouth is the lattice girder bridge of the Tramways Libanais
of three spans of about 60 ft. each. About 100 yds. upstream
is the masonry bridge of three arches carrying the Beirut-
Tripoli road. About J mile higher up is the old bridge of
Amir Bashir for pack traffic. The foundations of this latter
are good, for it has resisted spates which have washed away
every other bridge from time to time. At 3| miles from the
mouth are the two bridges of the waterworks: a suspension
foot-bridge, part iron and part timber, capable of carrying
40 tons of distributed load over its whole length and, a few
yards above the intake of the Watta Canal a bridge of three
spans constructed by Rustem Pasha to connect the mule
tracks on both sides of the valley, and to give access to two
mills. About J mile higher up is the Mar Elyas bridge, of one
large high span with a steep approach on the 1. bank, which
also serves to connect mule tracks and mills. The river falls
into the sea 8 miles north of Beirut.
The following facts are of interest. The manager of the
Beirut Waterworks is of opinion that Je‘ita is not a spring