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How Did Rome Use Aqueducts

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Aqueducts The Roman Aqueducts were made up of tunnels, bridges, reservoirs, pipes, and small water pools. They were built to carry water from fresh waterways to the big cities or towns. They worked by using gravity to flow the water from the streams to the cities. If the Romans had not used aqueducts getting fresh water would of been much more difficult to get. Rome got its water threw eleven main aqueducts. These eleven aqueducts combined for over two-hundred and sixty (260) miles. The first aqueduct built was the Aqua Appia which was constructed in 312 B.C. Nearly two-hundred and fifty (250) million gallons of water were released a day which totals at about two-hundred and fifty (250) gallons of water per person. Now days the average is

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