Aqueduct
:This article is about the structure aqueduct, for the racecourse see Aqueduct Racetrack.
Notable aqueducts
Navigable aqueducts
- aqueduct near Roelofarendsveen, Netherlands: carries the Ringvaart canal over the A4 highway and the HSL being constructed, which are situated on land below the level of the canal (and below sea level)
- Gouwe aqueduct, near Gouda, Netherlands: carries the Gouwe river over the A12 highway, which is on land below the level of the river
- Benjamin Outram's 44ft-long single-span Holmes Aqueduct on the Derby Canal in Derby was the world's first navigable cast iron aqueduct, narrowly predating Thomas Telford's 186ft-long Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct on the Shrewsbury Canal, sometimes described as the world's first large-scale navigable cast iron aqueduct.
- the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct carries the Llangollen Canal over the River Dee in north Wales, and was designed by Thomas Telford and opened in 1805.
- the Union Canal in Scotland has many aqueducts, including the Slateford Aqueduct that takes the canal over the Water of Leith, the Almond Aqueduct over the River Almond at Ratho and the very impressive Avon Aqueduct over the River Avon. This is the second longest aqueduct in the United Kingdom.
- in recent years the building of the Lichfield Aqueduct prompted the UK government to pass legislation preventing a road being built in the path of a canal being renovated without providing a tunnel or aqueduct for it to pass.
- The Bridgewater Canal is carried across the lower Manchester Ship Canal by the Barton Swing Aqueduct - a form of swing bridge. A 234ft section of the aqueduct rotates through 90 degrees to allow vessels to pass along the Ship Canal.
Roman aqueducts
- The Pont du Gard in southern France
- Barbegal aqueduct, France
- Eifel aqueduct, Germany
- Caesarea Palaestina, Israel
- Segovia, Spain
- Mérida, Spain
- Tarragona, Spain
- Valens aqueduct, Istanbul, Turkey
Other aqueducts
- Aqueduct of Teruel, Spain
- Central Arizona Project Aqueduct
- Chirk Aqueduct, Wales - built between 1796 and 1801
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Wales - built between 1795 and 1805
- Roquefavour aqueduct, France - built between 1842 and 1847
- Aqueduct St-Clément, Montpellier, France - 17th century
- Winnipeg Aqueduct, Manitoba, Canada - built between 1913 and 1919
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | History |
| ► | Uses of aqueducts |
| ► | Notable aqueducts |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External links and references |
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