CribariLucasAqueducts

Aqueducts Aqueducts were like a plumbing system to Rome. They supplied water to roman towns. Some are still standing today! This information will be usful to you if you are in Rome and you do not know how the aqueducts work. And there are also some interesting facts you may want to know but do not really have to know for survival. >Aqueducts were used for irrigation. >They would use lead for parts of the aqueducts. >The Romans got the lead from british territory. >Water from the aqueducts settled in a a series if tanks that alowed distribution amoung the citys of rome. >The biggest aqueduct took 80 years to build and carried 44 gallons of water to the town it goes to in just one day! >The water was used for public baths >Gravity powered the aqueducts. >The aqueducts would get the water from the tops of mountains. >Home owners would be charged by the size of the pipe running to the house that they lived in.  HOME