Aqueducts are bridges or pipes used to transport water. Aqueducts were used in human civilization from ancient times, as early as 2 BC.
Ancient aqueducts were constructed to transport water through channels by its natural downward movement through gravity. Aqueducts ran underground, over the terrain and even in the form of viaducts or bridged arches across valleys.
Ancient Romans were masters of aqueduct engineering, constructing spectacular aqueducts some of which exist even today.
Head over to Encyclopaedia Britannica for more information on ancient as well as modern day aqueducts.
Ancient aqueducts were constructed to transport water through channels by its natural downward movement through gravity. Aqueducts ran underground, over the terrain and even in the form of viaducts or bridged arches across valleys.
Ancient Romans were masters of aqueduct engineering, constructing spectacular aqueducts some of which exist even today.
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| Pont Du Gard, one of the oldest Roman Aqueduct stands tall at 49m over river Gardon near Nimes in South of France By Wolfgang Staudt (originally posted to Flickr as Pont Du Gard) [CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons" |
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