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History of Water Engineering

How people moved and lifted water before electricity — Roman aqueducts and Persian qanats, hand-dug wells, and the shadoof, noria, and waterwheels that raised it.

Pont du Gard

Pont du Gard

Aqueduct of Segovia

Aqueduct of Segovia

Qanat

Qanat

Well

Well

Shadoof

Shadoof

Noria

Noria

Saqiyah

Saqiyah

Windpump

Windpump

Aqua Claudia

Aqua Claudia

Anio Novus

Anio Novus

Aqua Marcia

Aqua Marcia

Eupalinian Aqueduct

Eupalinian Aqueduct

History of Water Supply and Sanitation

History of Water Supply and Sanitation