Deranekaqueducts

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Aqueducts were very useful in Ancient Rome. They are pretty much like modern day plumbing. The Romans were very smart to build aqueducts. Aqueducts carried fresh water to the Roman town it leads to. When they were built in valleys they had be built above ground as arch ways. Most were built underground, but some conduits were lying right on the ground. The conduits were made of clay, wood, or covered or encrusted with stone. The pipes inside the conduits carried the water. The pipes were made out of lead which was imported from Spain.