The Pont du Gard was built shortly before the Christian era to allow the aqueduct of Nîmes (which is almost 50 km long) to cross the Gard river. The Roman architects and hydraulic engineers who ...

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Here and Pompeii. This is the place where the water from the Pont Du Gard aqueduct was delivered to and distributed around the city. Castellum Aquae is the end of the 50-kilometer water line and ...

Most of an aqueduct’s course lay underground, along channels that required huge resources and manpower to build. Once the route had been designed, a series of shafts (putei) were dug at ...

Carol Said No (USA) 4-5jfav (8-10) Lunged, bump betw st, 5th of 6, shd behind Soul Secret (8-10) at Aqueduct 1m fst in Apr. Power Driver (USA) 16-1 (8-8) Bumped st, tired, 3rd of 6, shd behind ...

In 1913, spectators at the grand opening of the L.A. Aqueduct received a commemorative bottle of water fresh from Owens Valley. Today and tomorrow, you can get another. Designed by William ...