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Roman Water Systems at Nesausus and Arelate by Roger Hansen, WaterHistory.org. |
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Pont du Gard aqueduct. An old Roman aqueduct near Nimes,
France, ascribed to Agrippa, son-in-law of Augustus (B.C. 19). The structure
is 883 feet long and 160 feet high.
Source: Cast Iron Pipe, Standard Specifications Dimensions and Weights, 1914 (Burlington, New Jersey: United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co.,1915), frontispiece. |
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Pont du Gard aqueduct (Roman era) near
Nimes in Southern France.
Source: Unknown. |
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Cast iron pipe laid in Clermont-Ferrand, France, to bring
water overland to the Gardens of Versailles, 1748-49. Still in service
in 1914.
Source: Cast Iron Pipe, Standard Specifications Dimensions and Weights, 1914 (Burlington, New Jersey: United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co.,1914). |
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The Fountain of Versailles, France. The cast-iron pipe
which supplies these fountains has been in uninterrupted service for nearly
250 years.
Source: Cast Iron Pipe, Standard Specifications Dimensions and Weights, 1914 (Burlington, New Jersey: United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co.,1915), p. 16. |
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Ancient pumping plant at Marly, France.
Source: Cast Iron Pipe, Standard Specifications Dimensions and Weights, 1914 (Burlington, New Jersey: United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co.,1915), p. 16. |
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