On Thursday after a long metro ride and a bit of adventuring (aka not being sure where to turn then crawling through a fence), we walked up to the magnificent ancient structures known as the aqueducts. We visited the longest above ground stretch still standing, the Aqua Claudia, named after the ruler Claudius. It was crazy to imagine the 150-200 million gallons of water that would rush through these 11 structures daily to quench the Romans' thirst and bathing activities. What I found most impressive however was the math and engineering behind making sure that the water was at just a slight decline all the way from its source to Rome and the ridging in the aqueduct waterway, to make sure the water would make it there and flowed at the right speed. It was also interesting to learn that rulers built fancy public drinking water fountains to show off these awesome engineering feats as well, but really who can blame them... I would have too.
I found it interesting that they prefers below ground aqueducts. Also that they built them large enough for people to fit inside them for maintenance
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting that they built another aqueduct on top of the other aqueducts and that some are still in use today
ReplyDeleteYou couldn't even tell there was a decline, it was so small! The thought of that much water flowing with such a slight decline is crazy
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