Roman Aqueducts and Water SupplyHow did a Roman waterworks work? How were the aqueducts planned and built? What happened to the water before it arrived in the aqueduct and after it left, in catchment, urban distribution and drainage? What were the hydraulics and drainage involved? |
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Urban Distribution | 273 |
The Domestic Supply | 304 |
Drains and Sewers | 332 |
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ancient Anio Novus Anio Vetus Aqua arcades arches Ashby Aspendos Barbegal baths Beaunant bend bridge built Caesarea calix Callebat cascades castella castellum channel Cherchel chorobates cisterns colliviaria Cologne conduit Craponne cross-section diameter dioptra discharge drainage drains Eifel Eifel aqueduct engineer Eschebach Eupalinos Fahlbusch flow fountains Frontinus Garbrecht Gier Goblot gradient Greek Haberey height Hellenistic holes hydraulic incrustation irrigation JEAR junction Kretzschmer Kuttolsheim lead pipes London Lyon Maghreb MAGR manholes Marcia masonry mills modern Nîmes normally offtake Ostia overflow Paris Perachora Pergamon piers pipeline Pompeii Pont du Gard Proserpina qanats quinaria reservoir river Roman aqueducts Rome running served settling tank sewage shafts side sinter slope sluice sometimes spring static pressure stone surface surveying suterazis taps terracotta pipes tunnel underground urban usually velocity vertical Vitruvius walls Wasserleitungen Wasserversorgung water level water supply water towers