aqueduct
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The aqueduct seemed to make the city’s founding river not just obsolete but dangerous, so construction began on catch basins, dams and reservoirs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The turmoil in Istanbul played out in the shadow of a Roman aqueduct.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
Located in the middle of Mexico, Querétaro is a charming and colourful colonial-style city known for its dazzling stone aqueduct.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
Within six years, another pipeline was built to transport water from the aqueduct south to San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2025
Polybotes burst from the ruins of the aqueduct.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
It transports water across more than 700 miles with a series of reservoirs, aqueducts, pipelines and pumping plants from Northern California to Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Over the last century, Southern California has grown and thrived thanks to giant aqueducts it built to bring water from hundreds of miles away — the Eastern Sierra, the Colorado River and Northern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
Even during periods of low flow, pumps at the southern end of the delta that feed the aqueducts could operate longer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The museum suffered damage, its windows were blown out, but the explosion did not reach the necropolis nor the Roman-era triumphal arch, aqueducts and hippodrome that are also part of the site.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
Long aqueducts conveyed water from the distant mountains across the lake and into the city.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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