Trenches are used when the aqueduct follows the contours of the land. They are quick and easy to build for they require neither the construction of arches nor the burrowing of tunnels. We Romans ...

Restoration work on the Rusovce Mansion in the capital of Slovakia has unearthed remnants of the first known Roman aqueduct ...

Most crucially, the teams of workmen who started excavating the two sides of the tunnel did not meet where ... s most iconic monuments, the Segovia aqueduct is a UNESCO World Heritage site ...

The Roman aqueduct of Segovia, probably built c. A.D. 50, is remarkably well preserved. This impressive construction, with its two tiers of arches, forms part of the setting of the magnificent ...

The hidden half of the water system—sewers—took aqueduct overflow and flushed the refuse into the river, which damaged the river, but kept the city of Rome clean. Romans used tunnels to get to ...

or by an aqueduct built at high level; but the engineers of the Board have concluded that a deep tunnel through solid rock will, all things considered, prove to be the most satisfactory method of ...

A symbol of human ingenuity, Segovia's aqueduct has stood sentinel over the city for millennia. You can't help but feel ...

It's the final leg of the massive Colorado River Aqueduct: the 13-mile-long San Jacinto tunnel, bringing up to 1,700 cubic feet of water per second underneath one of Southern California's tallest ...

2012 Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct. Map "Detail 1" Clarification / adopted 2012 Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct. Map "Detail 2" Clarification / adopted 2012 Old Town of Segovia and its ...