aqueduct
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They were drilled decades ago, many of them when the city opened a second giant pipeline, nearly doubling its famous aqueduct to send more water south.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2025
The turmoil in Istanbul played out in the shadow of a Roman aqueduct.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
In the early 20th century, Los Angeles built a massive aqueduct to take water from the Owens Valley and soon dried up Owens Lake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
An extension was later completed connecting the aqueduct to the Mono Basin’s creeks, where the city has been diverting water since 1941.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025
And now I’m questioning if we’re even in the right aqueduct to begin with.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
They were ancient Italy’s first great engineers, ambitious road-builders who drained land for development and showed the Romans how to build their famous aqueducts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 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
The update will set rules for the Sacramento River and the rest of the Delta, where pumps operated by state and federal agencies send water flowing in aqueducts to farmlands and cities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
Together they raced over the hills, past Roman aqueducts, highways, and vineyards.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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