Cisterns and other works were constructed along this route to store water and at Wadi El Arish, enormous rock cut reservoirs were under construction in December 1916 when the Anzac Mounted Division reached that place just before the Battle of Magdhaba.
Cisterner og andre faciliteter blev bygget langs denne rute til opbevaring af vand og ved al-Arish var enorme reservoirer udsprængt i klipperne under bygning i december 1916 da den beredne Anzac division nåede frem til stedet lige inden slaget ved Magdhaba.