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Aqueduct arches (65 m tall) over the Alcântara valley. Note the pointed shape of the arches. The aqueduct seen from the west. The Águas Livres Aqueduct (Portuguese: Aqueduto das Águas Livres, pronounced [ɐkɨˈðutu ðɐz ˈaɣwɐʒ ˈlivɾɨʃ], "Aqueduct of the Free Waters") is a historic aqueduct in the city of Lisbon, Portugal.
The village was renamed Lisbon in 1895. [12] In 1900, the modern drinking straw was invented and patented in Lisbon. [13] [14] In 1899, Jacob L. Beilhart founded the Spirit Fruit Society, an intentional community to practice his newly developed beliefs, in Lisbon. [15]
Location of Columbiana County in Ohio. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbiana County, Ohio. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
The Lisbon Historic District is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 30 and Ohio route 45 in Lisbon, Ohio.The district covers approximately 42 acres (17 ha). [1] The town of Lisbon was located along important land and water transportation routes from the east into newly settled territories in the west.
Aqueduct of Msaylha: Lebanon, Batroun: Aqueduct of Nahr Ibrahim: Lebanon, Byblos: Aqueduct of Volubilis: Morocco, Volubilis: Skopje Aqueduct: North Macedonia Aqueduto de São Sebastião: Portugal, Coimbra: AD 1568 [6] AD 1570 [6] Acueducto de Sexi [a] Spain, Almuñécar: Albarracin-Gea-Cella: Spain Aqua Nova Domitiana Augusta: Spain Baelo ...
The 73-mile (117 km) canal, as constructed, consisted of the western division with a 400-foot (120 m) long aqueduct 28 feet (8.5 m) above the Tuscarawas River to connect to the Ohio and Erie Canal, thirty-three locks, five miles (8 km) of slackwater, two reservoirs, and a rise from 900 feet (270 m) at Bolivar to 1,120 feet (340 m) at Kensington.
A modern version of an aqueduct is a pipeline bridge. They may take the form of tunnels, networks of surface channels and canals, covered clay pipes or monumental bridges. They may take the form of tunnels, networks of surface channels and canals, covered clay pipes or monumental bridges.
Tinkers Creek Aqueduct is an aqueduct that was constructed to bridge the Ohio and Erie Canal over Tinkers Creek near its confluence with the Cuyahoga River in Valley View, Ohio. It is a relatively rare surviving example of an Ohio and Erie Canal aqueduct. It was originally constructed in 1825-1827 by, and re-built due to flood damage in 1845 ...