Directory of Aqueducts Resources

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Subcategories

• Chirk and Pontcysyllte Aqueducts, Wales

Resources in This Category

• Aquae Urbis Romae - The Waters of the City of Rome

  http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/waters/
  An interactive cartographic history of the relationship between hydrological and hydraulic systems and their impact on the urban development of Rome, Italy from 753 BC to the present day.

• Aqueduct

  http://aquaduct.hobbysite.info/
  Els gives an illustrated outline of the history of aqueducts worldwide. [Dutch and English versions].

• Aqueducts of Rome Under Augustus

  http://romanhistorybooksandmore.freeservers.com/l_aulus1.htm
  Illustrated article by Al Schlaf. Includes the establishment of the centralized water office and the restoration of the older aqueducts and construction of the new.

• Frontinus on The Aqueducts of Rome

  http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Frontinus/De_Aquis/text*.html
  English translation of the complete text of the De Aquis (de Aquaeductu Urbis Romae), linked to the Latin and to a photostatic reproduction of the entire surviving medieval manuscript.

• Pont Du Gard

  http://www.avignon-et-provence.com/tourism/pont-du-gard/
  History and photographs of the aqueduct built by Agrippa. Located near Nimes, France.

• Roman Aqueduct Manual

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/roman/manual.html
  Provides instructions on designing aqueducts, for a water engineer in ancient Rome.

• Roman Aqueducts

  http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/Topics/Engineering/waterworks/aqueducts/
  A ranked and annotated listing of websites, pages and images from Bill Thayer's Lacus Curtius.

• Roman Aqueducts

  http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/wilke/index.html
  Extensive listing of viaducts with photographs and commentary.

• Roman Aqueducts Today

  http://www.dl.ket.org/latin3/mores/aqua/homesec3.htm
  Essay on current day locations and construction details. Includes photographs, diagrams, and related links.

Other Languages

• French

 

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