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2. List of Roman cisterns - Wikipedia

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   The Basilica Cistern in Constantinople provided water for the Imperial Palace.. The list of Roman cisterns offers an overview over Ancient Roman cisterns.Freshwater reservoirs were commonly set up at the termini of aqueducts and their branch lines, supplying urban households, agricultural estates, imperial palaces, thermae or naval bases of the Roman navy.

3. Cistern - Wikipedia

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   The city's firefighting network, the Auxiliary Water Supply System (AWSS) maintains a network of 177 independent underground water cisterns, with sizes varying from 75,000 US gallons (280,000 L) to over 200,000 US gallons (760,000 L) depending on location with a total storage capacity of over 11 million U.S. gallons (42 million liters) of water ...

4. Theodosius Cistern - Wikipedia

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   The cistern was built by Roman Emperor Theodosius II (r. 402–450) between 428 and 443 to store water supplied by the Valens Aqueduct. Water from the Aqueduct of Valens was redistributed by the Theodosius Cistern from its original supply to the Nymphaeum, the Baths of Zeuxippus and the Great Palace of Constantinople. [2]

5. Basilica Cistern - Wikipedia

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   The Basilica Cistern's water came from the Eğrikapı Water Distribution Centre in the Belgrade Forest, which lie 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of the city. It traveled via the 971-metre-long (3,186 ft) Valens (Bozdoğan) Aqueduct , and the original 115-metre-long (377 ft) Mağlova Aqueduct, which was built by the Emperor Justinian.

6. San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System

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   Fresh water is delivered from the city's domestic water system by two 750-US-gallon-per-minute (2,800 L/min) centrifugal pumps. For safety, the reservoir is broken up into two tanks, and each tank can be emptied separately so that in case of a pipe breakage only half of the reservoir is lost. [4] [5] The tank is set at 758 feet (231 m). [6]

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