Aqueducts

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Definition of Aqueduct
Aqueducts are structures of housing pipelines. It’s from the word “aqua” meaning water and “ducere” which means to lead. In engineering today, aqueducts were known as pipes, ditches, canals, tunnels, and other structures that carry water from its source to where it’s destined.

(Segovia Aqueduct <[|http://www.britannicaschool.eb.com/eb/art-17348/The-Segovia-aqueduct-built-during-the-reign-of-the-Roman?&articleTypeId=1>)]

• Builders of aqueduct
Usually, aqueducts were made in the Roman Empire. People of ancient Greece, Babylonia, Assyria, Iran and India were the builders of aqueducts. Some aqueducts were made by other country, but they weren’t as good as the one made by Romans. Roman aqueducts were still used after the fall of the Empire.

• Building Aqueducts
Groma, a surveying instrument, was used to make an aqueduct. Aqueduct can be carried underground or over a bridge. The source of water should be higher than its destined location, for the water flows depending on gravity.

Uses
From 312 BC to AD 226, aqueducts were used to bring water to a distance of about 57 miles. 38,000,000 gallons of water were brought to Rome by ten or more aqueducts. Some of the aqueducts made were not really used at all because today, aqueducts are not that accurate.

Other Forms
There are 11 major aqueducts that were used to supply water to Romans. Pont du Gard, which is still in use today, is an aqueduct in France that is made by the Romans.

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• Ganat
The ganat system is same with aqueducts. It is another way of carrying water during the earlier times in some of the Middle Eastern counties.

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