QuarantoMcGheeaquaducts

QuarantoMcGheeAquaducts Aqueducts If you lived in The Ancient Roman time, how would you get water? You would get your water from aqueducts. These were known to be the first type of pluming or pipeline systems. IT was a pipeline to buildings, houses, and fountains. These pipes could go as long as 38 miles from the lake or the mountains. When the route for the aqueduct was selected a profile map of the land was drawn to show all the mountain and valleys it traveled to. Surveyors used leveling instruments called chromates to even out the land. These tools were used by weighted string fastened to the horizontal bar hung parallel to the legs. By sighting a long this, the surveyors were able to create an imaginary, horizontal line over the whole route of the aqueduct. The aqueduct had to be built on a slope so that the water could constantly be flowing. To keep them away from danger, they were built 50ft. above the ground so no one could steel or poison the water. To keep the aqueducts this high in the air, they were supported by a continuous row of arches in which the aqueduct rested on. These arches were made of concrete, stone, marble, and brick.