TylerTaskAqueducts

__Aqueducts in Rome Home Roads Weapons Slaves Nero Colosseum__ Aqueducts were very important in Rome and now they are famous today in tourist attractions; back then they were used to bring in water and the water was saved for use later.


 * Besides used for bringing in water they were also used for bridges so people could walk across them.
 * The largest aqueduct in the world is The Pont Du Gard in France. The lower level has 6 arches, 142 meters long, 6 meters thick, and 22 meters high. The middle level has 11 arches, 242 meters long, 4 meters thick, and 20 meters high. The upper level has 35 arches, 275 meters long, 3 meters thick, and 7 meters high.
 * Most aqueducts covered 260 miles (416 km) of land
 * Aqueducts worked like this: They were bridges that carried water from seas all the way to cities and how they worked was that when the water reached the city they were stored in a little house. In the house was a pipe that lead to the whole city like plumbing. The pipes would go everywhere. In bathrooms, farms, and other things like drinks. When water came in from the aqueduct the water would drop threw a door on the ground and travel threw the pipes and give water threw the whole city.