AqueductBridge may refer to Potomac AqueductBridgeAqueductBridge Indiana , see List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana dab Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
bsr Summary Coffer dam during the construction of the Potomac AqueductBridge. Image from the Library of Congress archives Licensing PD US ... more details
Image Potomac AqueductBridge canal .JPG right thumb 200px First AqueductBridge Image Potomac AqueductBridge canal and road 2.JPG right thumb 200px Second AqueductBridge Image Potomac AqueductBridge road .JPG right thumb 200px Third AqueductBridge The AqueductBridge also called the Alexandria Aqueduct ... soon began on the AqueductBridge that would carry canal boats across the Potomac River and downriver ... Bridge Washington Key Bridge was built downstream about a hundred feet east. The AqueductBridge s superstructure ... remaining pilings from the AqueductBridge were blasted out to a depth of twelve feet below ... ref The AqueductBridge Washington abutment still survives and is located west of the Key Bridge. The southern ... of the Key Bridge. Images Plans gallery Image Potomac AqueductBridge plan.JPG Plan showing bridge pier locations and vertical cross sections Image AqueductBridge cofferdam.JPG Plan for cofferdam used in bridge construction Image AqueductBridge pier diagram.JPG Drawing of construction of bridge ... Image Two men and Potomac Aqueduct.jpg gallery Second bridge gallery Image Second AqueductBridge and boat.JPG Photograph of second bridge Image Second Potomac Aqueduct Bridge.JPG Closer photo of second bridge gallery Third bridge gallery Image Third Potomac aqueduct bridge.JPG Downsteam view towards Roosevelt Island Image AqueductBridge automobile .jpg View from Virginia towards Georgetown Image AqueductBridge and abutment side view.JPG Side view of abutment, before the arch was enlarged to allow the Georgetown Branch to pass underneath gallery Remnants gallery Image AqueductBridge piers in color.JPG Remnant bridge piers, with Georgetown University in background Image AqueductBridge remains.JPG Piers before demolition Image AqueductBridge abutment.jpg Washington abutment and Potomac ... visible through the arch Image Key Bridge and aqueduct pier.JPG Key Bridge, with remaining AqueductBridge pier visible in foreground Unsourced image removed Image AqueductBridge remains2.JPG Satellite ... more details
di no source date 30 December 2011 non free no yes Summary Remaining piers of AqueductBridge and Key Bridge in Washington, DC. The C&O canal is in the foreground and Rosslyn, Virginia, is in the background. Library of Congress image Licensing PD USGov ... more details
bsr Summary Drawing of construction of pier of the Potomac AqueductBridge Image from the Library of Congress archives. Licensing PD US ... more details
bsr Summary The Washington Key Bridge and remaining pier from the AqueductBridge. Photo from the library of Congress archives Licensing PD USGov ... more details
bsr Summary The AqueductBridge in Washington, DC, when it carried automobile traffic. Georgetown, DC, is in the background. Library of Congress image Licensing PD US ... more details
bsr Summary Side view of Potomac AqueductBridge abutment, before the arch was enlarged to allowed the Georgetown Branch to pass underneath. Library of Congress archives. Licensing PD US ... more details
bsr Summary The Potomac AqueductBridge with Virginia in background and Georgetown and the C&O Canal in the foreground. At this time, the bridge carried only the canal. Image from the Library of Congress. http memory.loc.gov service pnp cwpb 00900 00926v.jpg Licensing PD US ... more details
bsr Summary Potomac AqueductBridge when it carried a canal on the bottom level and a road on the upper level. Georgetown is in the background. Image from the Library of Congress. Licensing PD US ... more details
areas of Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix and Tucson . A modern version of aqueduct is a pipeline bridge . Uses File Aqueduct segovia.jpg right thumb Segovia , Spain. Aqueduct of Segovia Roman aqueduct ... Bridge New York City High Bridge , part of the former Croton Aqueduct , built in 1848, is the oldest ...About conduits used for water supply bridges used by boats navigable aqueduct other uses aqueduct disambiguation File Pont du gard.jpg right thumb Pont du Gard , France, a Ancient Rome Roman aqueduct built circa 19 BC. It is one of France s top tourist attractions and a World Heritage Site . An aqueduct .... ref aqueduct , Britannica CD 2000 ref In a more restricted use, aqueduct occasionally water bridge applies to any bridge or viaduct that transports water instead of a path, road or railway across a gap. Large navigable aqueduct s are used as transport links for boats or ships. Aqueducts ... thumb right Nabataeans Nabataean aqueduct in Petra Jordan File Mathur Hanging Trough Bridge.JPG thumb right Mathur Aqueduct , India Although particularly associated with the Ancient Rome Romans ... people Assyrians built an 80 km long limestone aqueduct, 10 m high and 300 m wide, to carry ... 522 BC . It is considered an underground aqueduct and brought fresh water to Pythagoreion for roughly a thousand years. Roman Main Roman aqueduct Roman aqueducts were built in all parts of the Roman ... Hampi aqueduct.JPG thumb Ancient Indian aqueduct in Hampi South America Near the Peru vian town ... been built in the United States to supply the country s biggest cities. The Catskill Aqueduct carries ... United States far west of the country, most notably the Colorado River Aqueduct , which supplies ... mi 1,129 km California Aqueduct , which runs from the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta to Lake Perris . The Central Arizona Project is the largest and most expensive aqueduct constructed ..., irrigation systems, and large water supply systems when an aqueduct rather than a pipeline is the preferred ... more details
Infobox short story See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels name The Aqueduct title orig translator author Ray Bradbury country United States language English language English series genre Science fiction short story published in publication type Chapbook publisher Roy A. Squires media type Print Paperback pub date 1979 english pub date preceded by followed by The Aqueduct A Martian Chronicle is a short story by author Ray Bradbury . This story was originally published in 1979 by Roy A. Squires in a limited edition chapbook 230 numbered, signed copies . The story was subsequently collected in The Stories of Ray Bradbury in 1980. References cite book last Chalker first Jack L. authorlink Jack L. Chalker coauthors Mark Owings title The Science Fantasy Publishers A Bibliographic History, 1923 1998 location Westminster, MD and Baltimore publisher Mirage Press, Ltd. pages 889 date 1998 cite web last Contento first William G. authorlink coauthors title Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections, Combined Edition work publisher date url http contento.best.vwh.net t114.htm A2450 format doi accessdate 2007 12 11 DEFAULTSORT Aqueduct, The Category 1979 short stories Category 1979 books Category science fiction short stories Category Short stories by Ray Bradbury ... more details
wiktionary aqueduct An aqueduct is an artificial man made channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another. a bridge that holds a water channel for irrigation a Navigable aqueduct canal bridge that is used for transport a channel in the body that carries a natural body fluid, such as cerebral aqueductAqueduct may also refer to Aqueduct Racetrack , a horse racing track and soon to be racino , located in New York City Aqueduct band , an indie pop band Aqueduct Company , an e commerce service provider and spinout of Buy.com Aqueduct, Shropshire , a village suburb in Telford , Shropshire Aqueduct, California, former name of Monolith, California Aqueduct comics disambig geo nl Aquaduct ... more details
aqueduct Navigable aqueducts sometimes called water bridges are bridge structures that carry navigable ... Barton Swing Aqueduct is a swing bridge that carries the Bridgewater Canal across the lower Manchester ...See also List of canal aqueducts in Great Britain Image pontcysyllte aqueduct arp.jpg thumb right Narrowboat crossing the World Heritage Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales This is the only picture that actually ... by their size, carrying a larger cross section of water than most water supply aqueduct s. Although ... to appear. The 662 metre long steel Briare aqueduct carrying the Canal lat ral la Loire over the River Loire was built in 1896, and remained the longest navigable aqueduct in the world until the 21st century, when the Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany took the title. Early aqueducts such as the three ... aqueduct , built in 1690. However the weight of the construction to support the trough with the clay ... large cast iron aqueduct was built by Thomas Telford at Longdon on Tern on the Shrewsbury ... had completed the far more ambitious Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal over the River ... span Stanley Ferry Aqueduct on the Calder and Hebble Navigation in 1839, with its innovative 50 metre through arch bridge through arch design. Notable navigable aqueducts Benjamin Outram s 44 ft long single span Holmes Aqueduct on the Derby Canal in Derby was the world s first navigable cast iron aqueduct, narrowly pre dating Thomas Telford s 186 ft long Longdon on Tern Aqueduct on the Shrewsbury Canal , sometimes described as the world s first large scale navigable cast iron aqueduct. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct 307m carries the Llangollen Canal over the River Dee valley in north ... section, crosses a second valley on the Chirk Aqueduct 1796 1801 . This navigable canal also supplies ... has many aqueducts, including the Slateford Aqueduct that takes the canal over the Water of Leith , the Almond Aqueduct over the River Almond, Lothian River Almond at Ratho and the very impressive ... more details
Infobox Bridgebridge name Bar Aqueduct image Aqueduct stari bar.jpg caption Today s remains of Bar Aqueduct official name carries Bar Aqueduct crosses locale Old Town near Bar, Montenegro Bar , Montenegro maint id designer design material stone spans pierswater mainspan length width height load clearance below traffic begin complete during the reign of Ottoman Empire Ottomans 16th century 17th century open heritage collapsed preceded followed closed toll map cue map image map text map width coordinates 42 06 49 N, 19 05 41 E lat long extra The Bar Aqueduct is a stone bridge, located on the northern side of the Old Town of Bar 4 km north from the city center Bar, Montenegro Bar , Montenegro . The Bar Aqueduct is the only aqueduct in Montenegro , and one of three largest and well preserved aqueduct in the former SFR Yugoslavia Yugoslavia along Diocletianus Aqueduct near Split city Split , Croatia and Skopje Aqueduct Republic of Macedonia . History Image Bridge Stari Bar.jpg thumb left 260px Bar AqueductAqueduct was constructed similar to a bridge, during the reign of Ottoman Empire , 16th century 17th century and it served for water supply from the 3 km far spring in Mount Rumija to the Old Town Bar. The structure of aqueduct, consists 17 larger arches of different spans, which are supported by 17 massive pillars. ref sh icon http www.visitbar.org en tourism attractions 72 akvadukt Turisti ka organizacija Bar Accessed 2010 08 25 ref The water channel is formed on the upper surface of the aqueduct, where jointly connected stoneware pipes are placed, 12 cm in diameter and 30 cm long. Entire building is made of broken and roughly hewn stone. After the devastating 1979 Montenegro earthquake Montenegro earthquake in 1979 on April 15, at 06 19, the aqueduct was completely destroyed. br Later on was completely renovated, so it can even be used today. References references External links sh icon http www.visitbar.org en tourism attractions 72 akvadukt Turisti ka ... more details
Infobox AqueductNavigable aqueduct name Prestolee Aqueduct image Prestolee aqueduct panorama.jpg image size image caption Panorama of Prestolee Aqueduct carries Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal crosses River Irwell location Prestolee , Greater Manchester os grid reference SD751062 maintained designer material1 Dimension stone Stone material2 Dimension stone Stone number spans Four piers in water mainspan length convert 185 ft m 1 width convert 16 ft 6 in m height depth passable Yes towpath SW Side clearance above clearance below begin complete 1790s open rebuilt heritage Grade II closed map text above map image map text below map size coordinates lat 53.5525 long 2.3764 extra Image Prestolee aqueduct from riverbank.jpg thumb right The Bolton arm of the canal runs underneath the house at the very top of this image, and is accessed via a set of locks Prestolee Aqueduct is a stone built aqueduct in Prestolee in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton , Greater Manchester , England . The four arch structure was constructed in the 1790s to carry the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal across the River Irwell . It is now preserved as a Grade II listed building . ref cite web title Prestolee Aqueduct url http www.imagesofengland.org.uk Details Default.aspx?id 210525 publisher Images of England accessdate 2008 06 27 ref The aqueduct is one of two remaining major structures on the canal, the other being the Clifton Aqueduct . A third major aqueduct, Damside Aqueduct , was demolished in the 1950s. As of 2007, the aqueduct still carries water, although it is not currently navigable as adjoining sections of the canal are in need of restoration. See also List of aqueducts List of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom References Reflist External links http www.penninewaterways.co.uk mbb mbbc33.htm Prestolee Aqueduct on Pennine Waterways website IoE 210525 Portal UK Waterways Category Grade ... completed in the 1790s Category Navigable aqueducts in England UK bridge struct stub UK canal stub ... more details
Infobox Bridgebridge name Pont canal d Agen image caption The Agen Aqueduct official name carries Canal de Garonne crosses locale Agen maint id design Masonry Arch mainspan length 539m width 12.48m height 10m clearance below traffic open 1849 closed coordinates coord 44 12 28 N 00 36 19 E The Agen Aqueduct is an aqueduct which carries the canal de Garonne across the Garonne . It is located in the Agen commune, in the Aquitaine region of France. Image Pont canal agen3 Pano.jpg thumb left 750px Agen Aqueduct clear Description The aqueduct is a dressed stone masonry structure consisting of 23 arches, each of 20m span, which at the time of its completion was the longest navigable aqueduct in France. It has a length of 539 metres, a width of 12.48m and a canal width of 8.82m. ref name Midi cite web url http www.canal du midi.org en canal the course art structures agen aqueduct.aspx title Agen Aqueduct ref The width of the channel is insufficient to allow boats to pass each other whilst on the aqueduct. Boats must wait for oncoming traffic to clear the aqueduct before crossing. There is a Lock water transport lock and a canal basin downstream, and a canal basin upstream, of the aqueduct. History The aqueduct was built entirely of stone blocks from Quercy , under the direction of the engineer Jean Baptiste de Baudre . On 25 August 1839 Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orl ans laid the first stone. ref name Midi In 1841 the building of the Bordeaux to Toulouse railway interrupted work on the canal and the aqueduct was rented to farmers for use as a short cut avoiding the Bridge of Agen. The tolls however, were too high to make this idea work. On the 5th May 1846 the work was ordered to resume by a vote in favour of a government act. The aqueduct finally came into service in 1849. ref name Aqueduct cite web url http www.jedecouvrelafrance.com f 4911.lot et garonne pont canal agen.html ... id s0002026 title Agen Aqueduct http www.jedecouvrelafrance.com f 4911.lot et garonne pont canal ... more details
Infobox Bridgebridge name Dioklecijanov akvadukt br Diocletianus Aqueduct image Salona aqueduct.jpg caption Today s remains of Diocletian Aqueduct at Solin, Croatia Solin official name carries Diocletianus Aqueduct crosses locale Solin, Croatia Solin , Split city Split , Dalmatia , Croatia maint id designer design material spans pierswater mainspan length 9 km width height 16.5 m load clearance below traffic begin complete reign of Diocletian 3rd Century 4th Century open heritage collapsed preceded followed closed toll map cue map image map text map width coordinates lat long extra Diocletianus Aqueduct is an aqueduct Roman aqueduct in Split city Split , Croatia constructed by the Roman Empire to supply water to the ancient Diocletian s Palace Palace of Emperor Diocletian . The aqueduct was 9 kilometers long from the Jadro River to the palace. Description The Diocletian Aqueduct was constructed between the end of 3rd century AD and beginning of the 4th century. The aqueduct length was about 9 km, a height difference of end points is 33 m. The aqueduct took water from the Jadro River , 9 kilometers northwest from the Diocletian s Palace today s Split city center and brought water to the Palace and surrounding villages. The best preserved part of aqueduct near Dujmova a Solin, Croatia Solin has a maximum height of 16.5 m and a length of 180 m. The Diocletian aqueduct was destroyed in the invasion of Goths in the middle of 6th century and did not work for thirteen centuries after that. The first reconstruction of the aqueduct took place during the reign of the Austria Hungary Austro Hungarian Empire 1877 1880 . The aqueduct was abandoned from 1932 when the modern water station Kopilica was built. The aqueduct is currently being restored. See also List of aqueducts in the Roman Empire References Jo ko Belamari Dioklecijanov akvedukt , Ministarstvo kulture Republike Hrvatske, Uprava za za titu kulturne ba tine, Konzervatorski odjel, 1999. Split, ISBN 953 6158 07 8 ... more details
Infobox AqueductNavigable aqueduct name Bonnington Aqueduct image Bonnington Aqueduct2.jpg image size image caption Bonnington Aqueduct viewed from the level of the canal carries Union Canal Scotland Union Canal crosses B7030 Cliftonhall Road location Bonnington os grid reference NT117710 maintained designer material1 material2 number spans piers in water mainspan length width height depth passable towpath clearance above clearance below begin complete open rebuilt heritage closed map text above map image map text below map size coordinates lat 55.9244 long 3.4144 extra The Bonnington Aqueduct is an aqueduct on the Union Canal Scotland Union Canal , to the west of Edinburgh , Scotland . The canal and the M8 motorway Scotland M8 motorway pass over the B7030 Cliftonhall Road, quite close to each other. On the canal, the aqueduct is located between Bridge 15 Ratho Bridge and Bridge 16 Nellfield Bridge . The aqueduct is named after the village of Bonnington, Edinburgh Bonnington to the south, near the border with West Lothian . Grid Reference NT 117 710 See also List of canal aqueducts in Great Britain Photo gallery gallery Image Bonnington Aqueduct1.jpg Looking south onto Cliftonhall Road Image Bonnington Aqueduct3.jpg Looking west towards the aqueduct Image From Aqueduct.jpg Looking north onto B7030 Cliftonhall Road gallery Category Buildings and structures in Edinburgh Category Canals in Scotland Category Transport in Edinburgh Category Navigable aqueducts in Scotland UK canal stub ... more details
coord 55.892352 N 4.301727 W display title The Kelvin Aqueduct is an Navigable aqueductaqueduct in Glasgow which carries the Forth and Clyde Canal over the River Kelvin . It is convert 400 ft long and convert 70 ft high, and when opened in 1790 was United Kingdom Britain s largest. cn date November 2011 It is protected as a listed building Scotland category A listed building . ref cite web url http hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk hslive hsstart?P HBNUM 32316 title Forth and Clyde Canal Aqueduct adjoining Skaethorn Road Bridge Listed Building Report accessdate 22 November 2011 publisher Historic Scotland ref References reflist External links http www.theglasgowstory.com image.php?inum TGSB00044 An image of the aqueduct http www.panoramio.com photo 4290495 Photo of the aqueduct, Autumn 2007 Category Bridges in Glasgow Category Transport in Glasgow Category Navigable aqueducts in Scotland Category Category A listed buildings in Scotland Category Listed buildings in Glasgow Category Listed bridges in Scotland Glasgow geo stub ... more details
Infobox AqueductNavigable aqueduct name Clifton Aqueduct image Clifton Aqueduct from Clifton Viaduct.jpg image size image caption The aqueduct, as viewed from Clifton Viaduct carries Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal crosses River Irwell location Swinton, Greater Manchester Swinton , Greater Manchester os grid reference SD790034 maintained designer Charles Roberts and John Nightingale material1 Dimension stone Stone material2 Brick number spans Three piers in water mainspan length width height depth passable towpath Both clearance above clearance below begin complete 1796 open rebuilt heritage Grade II closed map text above map image map text below map size coordinates lat 53.5277 long 2.3172 extra Clifton Aqueduct , built in 1796, carried the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal across the River Irwell in City of Salford Salford , England . It is preserved as a Grade II listed building . ref name Clifton1 cite web title Clifton Aqueduct url http www.imagesofengland.org.uk Details Default.aspx?id 211968 publisher Images of England accessdate 2008 06 27 ref The construction is of dressed stone with brick arches. Three segmental arches with keystones rest on triangular ended cutwaters. Above the cutwaters are flat Pilaster s. A C20 brick parapet remains on the eastern side. There is a towpath on each side, and the aqueduct contains grooves for stop planks to be inserted, to drain the canal. ref name Clifton1 The aqueduct was engineered by Charles Roberts and John Nightingale. The aqueduct is one of two remaining along the canal route, the other being Prestolee Aqueduct . The canal ... to be in operation around 2020. As of 2011, the aqueduct is currently not in water. See also ... mbb mbbc31.htm Clifton Aqueduct on Pennine Waterways website http www.mbbcanal.demon.co.uk towing salford cliftonaq cliftonaq.html Clifton Aqueduct, Manchester, Bury & Bolton canal website IoE 211968 ... UK bridge struct stub ... more details
Infobox Bridgebridge name Skopje Aqueduct image Skopje.jpg caption official name carries Skopje Aqueduct crosses locale Vizbegovo near Skopje , Republic of Macedonia Macedonia maint id designer design material brick, stone spans pierswater mainspan length 386 m width height 16.5 m load clearance below traffic begin complete reign of Justinian I 527. 565 or during the reign of Ottoman Empire Ottomans 16th century open heritage collapsed preceded followed closed toll map cue map image map text map width coordinates 42 01 411 N, 021 25 124 E lat long extra The Skopje Aqueduct is an archaeological site located in the village of Vizbegovo 2 km northwest from central Skopje , Republic of Macedonia Macedonia . The Skopje Aqueduct is the only aqueduct in Macedonia, and one of three largest and well preserved in the former SFR Yugoslavia Yugoslavia along with Diocletianus Aqueduct near Split city Split , Croatia and Bar Aqueduct in Montenegro . The question of when the Skopje Aqueduct was built is unclear even today. There are three theories during the reign of Ancient Rome Rome 1st century , according to this theory Aqueduct has led the water to Legionary settlement Scupi during the reign of Byzantine Empire reign of Emperor Justinian I , according to this theory, Aqueduct shipping water to new settlement Justiniana Prima ref According to this theory, Justiniana Prima, was somewhere near the Skopje Fortress , and not, as is usually considered in Lebane Serbia , at the site Justiniana Prima Cari in Grad . ref during the reign of Ottoman Empire , according to this theory Aqueduct is built in 16th century for a large number of Turkish public Turkish bath hamams . ref mk ..., accessdate 2010 08 25 ref This aqueduct was in use until the eighteenth century. From this impressive ... is assumed that the aqueduct took water from the spring Lavovec village Gluvo in mountain Skopska Crna ... 02 akvadukt skopje aqueduct skopje.html a ... Akvadukt Skopje ... Aqueduct Skopje on site ... more details
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