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An aqueduct is a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away. In modern engineering, the term aqueduct is used for any system of pipes, ditches, canals, tunnels, and other structures used for this purpose. [1] The term aqueduct also often refers specifically to a bridge carrying an artificial ...
The unique Tokaanu Tailrace Bridge, a combined road and water bridge crosses a power canal of the Tongariro Power Scheme in the North Island of New Zealand. State Highway 41 travels along the top of this bridge, with the Tokaanu Stream, an important trout spawning stream, running under the road surface.
Magyar; Македонски ... Aqueducts — canals, conduits, and constructed watercourses to convey water, for water supply and/or water transport. For aqueduct ...
This is a list of aqueducts in the Roman Empire. For a more complete list of known and possible Roman aqueducts and Roman bridges see List of Roman bridges. [1] [2]
Aqueduct (bridge), a bridge to convey water over an obstacle, such as a ravine or valley; Navigable aqueduct, or water bridge, a structure to carry navigable waterway canals over other rivers, valleys, railways or roads; Aqueduct (water supply), a watercourse constructed to convey water
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 October 2024. Type of aqueduct built in ancient Rome See also: List of aqueducts in the Roman Empire The multiple arches of the Pont du Gard in Roman Gaul (modern-day southern France). The upper tier encloses an aqueduct that carried water to Nimes in Roman times; its lower tier was expanded in the ...
Detailed statistics [1] for the city's aqueducts were logged around 97 AD by Sextus Julius Frontinus, the Curator Aquarum (superintendent of the aqueducts) for Rome during the reign of Nerva. Less information is known about aqueducts built after Frontinus. These estimates may not have considered water loss.
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