| 单词 | aqueduct |
| 例句 | We pull into the empty parking lot and to the far back fence, where there’s a concrete aqueduct stretching as far as the eye can see in both directions. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Think of it as a leaky aqueduct leading to a water wheel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They met by the aqueduct, which had somehow survived the battle so far. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z About an hour into this channel, we come across people who have set up camp on either side of the aqueduct, and it doesn’t look like a new occurrence. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Do you want to find the aqueducts,” Alyssa interjects, “or just snipe at each other until they put us on a death bus to nowhere?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The aqueduct is shaped like an upside-down trapezoid, with a steep downslope that abruptly levels off for twenty yards, then slopes upward again. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z To buy some time, Percy ducked behind one of the aqueduct’s columns. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Where does all the water come from? The Court is on a hill, so where’s the aquifer or aqueduct to bring the water up?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Imre’s population griped about unnatural arts being practiced two miles away, but when an aqueduct collapsed or someone fell suddenly sick, they were quick to call on engineers and doctors trained at the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There’s absolutely no signage on these aqueducts, let alone the fact that I can barely see, now that the sun has practically gone down. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z With water siphoned off from the Los Angeles-bound aqueduct, a large farm was under cultivation just outside the camp, providing the mess halls with lettuce, corn, tomatoes, eggplant, string beans, horseradish, and cucumbers. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he realized it must be an aqueduct. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The city’s aqueduct collapsed like a line of children’s blocks. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A toddler gnome poked his head out of an aqueduct only a few feet from the hut. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Together they raced over the hills, past Roman aqueducts, highways, and vineyards. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “It would help, but I’m pretty sure I have the waterways memorized. There’s a map with the aqueducts and drainage channels all marked up in our garage.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And now I’m questioning if we’re even in the right aqueduct to begin with. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z We’re only down in the aqueduct for half an hour before we emerge and follow a foothill road far enough from civilization to be beyond most roadblocks. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z At the base of the aqueduct, the First and Second Cohorts were trying to encircle Polybotes, but they were taking a pounding. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “The aqueducts will be easier to navigate during the day. Right? So let’s accept the Water Angel’s invitation and spend the night. It’s not like we have to join their little cult.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Their chambers lie beyond this place, where the aqueduct’s water was diverted for the games. Once we have dealt with you...once you have helped us...the twins have promised we will never suffer again.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “They built aqueducts, roads—” “Siege weapons,” Frank added. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I have the map of the aqueducts memorized, not these roads. And on paper you’re technically supposed to be smarter than me, right? So why don’t you tell us how to get out of here.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was an old water line from the aqueducts. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Long aqueducts conveyed water from the distant mountains across the lake and into the city. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He took off, and right away we were in the countryside, passing wet, green fields crossed by the prim brick arches of an aging aqueduct. Lost in China 2010-12-24T19:55:00Z “If you don’t, the peaks and valleys don’t collapse — it creates what I call aqueducts. The peaks touch the tile but the valleys hold moisture.” Stubborn hair dye stain on the shower floor? It may be something worse. 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Well, in the case of the Roman empire some of it probably went on aqueducts and roads, but a vast proportion was for the army. Defenders of the state: why we should care about army cuts 2010-10-04T13:45:00Z Shallow ditches running alongside the track provided water from an aqueduct to wet the track down between events — foot races and field events like the javelin — as well as drinking water for the athletes. An Olympic Odyssey: Where the Games Began 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z He sketched as he marched, capturing the aqueducts, churches and castles of Europe, noting their Gothic details. Harry Gesner, Architect of Soaring California Style, Dies at 97 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z In this new world order, water companies operate like rogue states with private militias to guard aqueducts and keep out desperate refugees, especially Texans, whose state imploded after their water was cut off. Amid a real drought, thriller 'Water Knife' cuts to the quick 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z About 35 percent of the city’s water supply originates in the rivers, streams and groundwater of this region, and is carried downhill for more than 200 miles through multi-million-dollar aqueducts. Rugged Country, Rugged History in California?s Owens Valley 2010-05-06T21:41:00Z Using cement from Pozzuoli near Naples, which they mixed with small rocks, they constructed ports, bridges, aqueducts and the rest of their empire's infrastructure. Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik – review 2013-06-17T08:01:04Z Well, because they built aqueducts, so that the city could expand and become the biggest in the world at that time. 'L.A. Plays Itself,' but do films get it right? 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z For those that did come, we're offering them something different and unique by being able to open up the aqueduct to the public for the very first time. Rare chance to tread the bed of the Leeds-Liverpool canal 2013-01-09T15:00:00Z There was the old lady who I sat next to after taking one of the popular tours of the Greek cisterns and Roman aqueducts turned World War II bomb shelters. Frugal Traveler: Naples: Must-Sees and See-What-Happens 2011-06-07T18:32:57Z The remnants of a 17th-century aqueduct built by the Medici family runs through town. Cultured Traveler: A ‘Little Jerusalem’ in the Heart of Italy 2012-11-22T18:40:22Z He arranged boys in classic ancient poses next to columned temples, Roman aqueducts and the remnants of Greek amphitheaters. Collecting Yesterday’s and Tomorrow’s L.G.B.T.Q. Art 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Pursuing the subject of hydration from a different angle, the project’s final element took Ms. Chang to China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the longest aqueduct in the world. A Bold Explorer Surfaces in ‘Wandering Lake’ 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z An unmarked dirt path, part of the Old Croton aqueduct trail, leads south from a hairpin turn on Odell Avenue, just east of the Hudson riverbank and Greystone train station. Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers Is Being Tended Once Again 2012-07-19T21:45:31Z The leaking aqueduct is almost too primitive an example: sensors simply locate leaks. Exhibition Review: ?Think? at Lincoln Center - Review 2011-09-23T23:19:41Z Mules were essential to building the aqueduct, and Bon refers to that in photographic murals, videos and props from her event. Meditations on southern California's water lifeline 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z “We built everything together. Mosques, bridges, madrasas, caravanserais, alms houses, aqueducts.” Painting a vibrant and lush portrait of the 16th-century Ottoman empire 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Afterward, work up a sweat in the “temascal” steam bath built into the ruins of an 18th-century aqueduct used by the original plantation’s sugar mill. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in St. Lucia 2011-11-10T16:37:37Z Part of this is the result of changing demographics — the growing number of “urbaneers” dragging kayaks into aqueducts, the same city dwellers who prompted REI to open a giant store in Manhattan. Is that a forest downtown? 2012-07-07T16:00:00Z Pitched stone setts beneath the aqueduct to prevent erosion when the river Aire floods. Rare chance to tread the bed of the Leeds-Liverpool canal 2013-01-09T15:00:00Z The elaborate tombs, temples and homes carved into the rock, and the fascinating system of dams and aqueducts, were something to see in person. Education in Israel and Jordan isn’t just for a daughter studying abroad 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z The cutting off of the aqueducts in the sixth century during the Gothic Wars meant that the carrying capacity of the city was dramatically reduced. ‘Rome: A History in Seven Sackings’ Review: The City That Survived 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Sometimes the bisse is a simple channel, or a metal aqueduct when crossing undulating terrain. In the Swiss Alps, Walking a Cliff’s Edge to History 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Salvo Barrano, vice president of Italy’s Association of National Archaeologists, afterward listed threats to the aqueducts, the Palatine. Abroad: As Rome Modernizes, Its Past Faces Disrepair 2010-07-06T20:46:00Z For a family with a small site in a canyon, he built a house like a bridge — or an aqueduct — that spans two slopes. Harry Gesner, Architect of Soaring California Style, Dies at 97 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Draining the aqueduct in 2022 will give crews time to reroute the water under the Hudson and to seal other leaks. How workers in New York City are fixing a crucial busted pipeline, 55 stories underground 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z An impressive 16th-century aqueduct cuts through the city, with buildings carefully inserted into some of its arches. Overexposed: The castles of Sintra, Portugal. Underappreciated: The walled city of Evora. 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z The roads and aqueducts certainly helped, as did the Romans' novel approach to warfare: "They came, they saw, they conquered – and then they assimilated." Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention 2010-12-08T08:00:00Z A country sprinkled with aqueducts and amphitheatres, medieval piazzas and renaissance palazzos devotes far less of its budget to their conservation than others with less to boast. Italy's abundance of heritage sites leads to indifference 2010-12-03T19:14:00Z “To say there was an athlete is a bit of stretch, but it works journalistically,” joked Fabio Turchetta, the on-site archaeologist who followed the aqueduct works. Roman Tomb Unearthed; to Everyone’s Surprise, It’s Intact 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Starting near the tennis center, it stretches north through a series of 100-foot-high arches: it’s like riding through a Roman aqueduct, save for the Amtrak trains that sometimes rumble overhead. Randalls Island Paths for Urban Biking 2012-10-12T05:25:30Z In an action sequence, the writers incorporated information about ancient underground aqueducts. Dora the Explorer and the Quest for Authentic Indigenous Representations 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Walking from dinner to drinks, you may, as Mia and I did, pass under the remnants of a Roman aqueduct and amphitheater. Next Stop: In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Roman Grandeur East of Italy 2012-10-12T18:41:24Z "They built in a hurry, right across amphitheatres, tombs and aqueducts, and it already needed restoration by the 4th century," he said. Rome's Trevi fountain crumbling 'for lack of maintenance' 2012-06-11T15:24:29Z I'd gone on dates that took me to the tops of the aqueducts in Segovia, to parties hosted on Jackson Pollock's old island property, to singing karaoke with strangers at two in the morning. How baking angel food cake made me realize I'd fallen in love 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z A combination of aqueducts and proximity to Jerusalem made Bethlehem “heavily militarized throughout antiquity.” In ‘Bethlehem,’ Tracing the Life of a Storied Little Town 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z The 16th-century aqueduct connecting it like an umbilical cord to a nearby spring is a reminder of the town’s importance during Portugal’s boom century. The great walled towns of Europe 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Titled “Pied Piper Playing Under the Aqueduct,” it shows the artist, tall and lean, dressed in a floral mini and fishnet stockings walking among the monumental columns of an aqueduct in Rio de Janeiro. Art In Review: Sergei Tcherepnin: Ear Tone Box 2013-04-18T20:29:55Z Proceeds from sales of “The Lowdown on the High Bridge,” Manzano’s 2014 picture book about the former aqueduct linking the Bronx and Manhattan, go to the museum, which asked her to write it. For Bronx Children’s Museum, a Long-Awaited Home 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Segovia, of course, wasn’t built for tourists: this city of around 60,000 dates back to pre-Roman times and is best known for its castle and stunning aqueduct, which towers over the square it bisects. Frugal Traveler Blog: Day-Tripping in Segovia (and Counting Euro Pennies) 2011-08-30T19:50:50Z Built in the 1830s, before railways largely supplanted canals locally, the aqueducts Gray depicts are now picturesque relics. Review | In the galleries: Natural order, and natural disorder, at VisArts at Rockville 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Imagine a city divided by a deep canyon, traversed by an arched bridge reminiscent of a Roman aqueduct. In Spain, an Eco-Tour That Follows Cork From Tree to Bottle 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Most of Gargiolli’s photographs are unpopulated: abbreviated columns, broken-down aqueducts, olive groves, grottoes. Fatherhood Apart 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z However, Oreo did not say if, years from now, the brand will just start funneling Stuf into our gullets by way of a Stuf aqueduct system. Oreo bringing back 'Most Stuf' cookies filled with more 'Stuf' than any existing Oreo variety 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Informational materials in Lockhouse 22 focus on the construction of the canal and its engineering wonders, such as aqueducts, lift bridges, incline planes, tunnels, and lift locks. Lockhouses for Rent Along the C&O Canal Offer Immersive History Lesson 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Then the diverted water will be released back into the river and end up in southbound aqueducts out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Column: It's about time California built the Sites Reservoir 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z When water is pumped back into the aqueduct, it will flow into the MWD’s delivery system. A new SoCal underground water storage project aims to keep supplies flowing during drought 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z One proposed solution is a bypass — a giant tunnel that would take pure Sacramento River water directly to the aqueduct without passing it through the delta. Editorial: Should L.A. care about salt in New Orleans' tap water? Yes. Here's why 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z An 86-year-old man who went missing Friday was found dead under a bridge near an aqueduct in Lancaster on Monday. Two elderly brothers went missing during a fishing trip. One was found dead in the water. The other is still missing 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z The ancient Romans had a penchant for creating long-lasting structures like aqueducts, roads, amphitheaters, and temples. Buried ancient Roman glass formed substance with modern applications 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z He told his mother that he was hearing voices telling him to kill himself, and he devised a plan to die by jumping into an aqueduct. He heard voices. He bought a gun. Now he's accused of killing an L.A. deputy 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z The survey also said the developers would replace the county’s existing aqueduct — calling it “one of the most polluted in California” — generate tax revenue for schools and be entirely funded by private sector money. Tech billionaires' secretive plan to build a California city from scratch 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z And maximizing that water is increasingly important for L.A., as drained aqueducts cannot just bounce back after one good water year. Hilary vanquished California's drought. But much of that water was wasted 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z By Monday, officials said the two had been spotted fishing near the California aqueduct. Two elderly brothers went missing during a fishing trip. One was found dead in the water. The other is still missing 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z The storm left hundreds of thousands of people without power and more than 1.6 million without water after knocking 120 aqueducts out of service. Dominican officials inspect damage inflicted by Tropical Storm Franklin after heavy flooding 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z He says that with climate change upending the water cycle, the three existing aqueducts will no longer be sufficient. Southern California’s ‘water doctor’ pushes for transformation to adapt to climate change 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Solar over federal canals and aqueducts could likewise help the Bureau of Reclamation meet targets for renewable energy development on public lands, reducing pressure on sensitive ecosystems, wildlife habitat and other valuable assets. Opinion: This idea could save California billions of gallons of water while generating clean energy 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z The tribe gets Colorado River water through the same aqueduct system that delivers river water to Arizona’s major cities. Federal officials plan to announce 2024 cuts along the Colorado River. Here’s what to expect 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z In a statement, sheriff officials said they would continue the search for Grigor Khacheryan with the help of two dozen divers who would be using sonar to search the water at the aqueduct. Two elderly brothers went missing during a fishing trip. One was found dead in the water. The other is still missing 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z The tribe gets Colorado River water through the the same aqueduct system that delivers river water to Arizona’s major cities. Federal officials plan to announce 2024 cuts along the Colorado River. Here’s what to expect 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z The storms temporarily severed the aqueduct, wreaked havoc among valley communities and deposited immense quantities of snow in the jagged Sierra. Fear of the 'Big Melt' turns to big relief along California's Eastern Sierra 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z Francis visited a community center in the city’s Serafina neighborhood, which sits beneath a giant 18th century aqueduct that is a symbol of the bounty that gold from Portugal’s Brazilian colony once afforded the country. Pope visits a once-troubled Lisbon neighborhood and says true charity must ‘get your hands dirty’ 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The vessel was probably part of a river fleet serving the sprawling and highly-developed Roman city of 45,000 people which had a hippodrome, fortifications, a forum, a palace, temples, amphitheatre, aqueducts, baths and workshops. Serbian coal miners uncover Roman ship 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z The neighborhood sits beneath Lisbon’s giant 18th-century aqueduct, an emphatic reminder of the bounty that gold from its Brazilian colony afforded Portugal. Pope Francis will be in Portugal for 5 days. Here’s what he will visit 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Not quite 50 years ago, some young local men stole dynamite and blew up the gates that controlled the water flow into the aqueduct. Cities’ thirst nearly killed these California lakes. Not so fast, said our epic wet winter 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Their goal was to build an aqueduct that would help transform Los Angeles into a metropolis. Fear of the 'Big Melt' turns to big relief along California's Eastern Sierra 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z Covering all 8,000 miles of Bureau-owned canals and aqueducts could “generate over 25 gigawatts of renewable energy — enough to power nearly 20 million homes — and reduce water evaporation by tens of billions of gallons.” Solar panels on water canals seem like a no-brainer. So why aren’t they widespread? 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z The water — available during times of acute need, but counted against Mexico’s share of Colorado River water — traveled through Southern California’s behemoth aqueducts and across the U.S.-Mexico border. Tijuana, reliant on the Colorado River, faces a water crisis 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z In the early 1900s, Los Angeles agents quietly bought up ranch lands and water rights in the region for an aqueduct to meet the growing demands of the metropolis 200 miles to the south. L.A. mayor ousts Native American DWP commissioner; Indigenous groups outraged 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Environmental groups and delta folks, including local farmers, are strongly opposed to the $16-billion, 45-mile-long project that would siphon Sacramento River water into southbound aqueducts for irrigation and cities, including Los Angeles. Column: Southpaw Newsom is shelled by lawmakers on plans for a delta tunnel 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z He name-dropped William Mulholland, the Los Angeles civil engineer whose creation of a massive aqueduct that took water from the Owens Valley to the San Fernando Valley forever changed the state’s water policies. Column: Outgoing Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon on why politicians won't save California 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z The terraces, which for generations served as the market garden of Jerusalem and Bethlehem, are irrigated by intricate aqueducts and channels that the village’s farmers share. In the West Bank, UNESCO site Battir could face a water shortage from a planned Israeli settlement 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix and its suburbs, gets more than half its water supply from groundwater; most of the rest comes from rivers and aqueducts as well as recycled wastewater. Arizona Limits New Construction in Phoenix Area, Citing Shrinking Water Supply 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Tunnel excavations uncovered everything from an old aqueduct to whale bones. East L.A. to Santa Monica in 1 hour 9 minutes: A look inside Metro's new Regional Connector 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Contrast that with the proposed tunnel, a 39-foot-wide pipe that would funnel fresh Sacramento River water from the north delta into aqueducts in the more saline south delta. Column: Southpaw Newsom is shelled by lawmakers on plans for a delta tunnel 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z It marks the first time since 2006 that the intertie, which connects the Kern to the aqueduct west of Bakersfield, has been activated. California to trigger rarely used relief valve on Kern River, diverting flows to state aqueduct 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z Roman amenities like aqueducts and baths were built and roads linked the province with the rest of the empire. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z It was likely a residence for the elite and included large stone columns and aqueducts. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The departments could use these streamlining tactics to more quickly build bridges or modernize dams, repair aqueducts or maintain the state highway system. Newsom unveils sweeping plan to speed up California infrastructure projects 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z Standing atop its foundations, you will begin to notice rocky outlines through the greasewood and creosote, revealing the outlines of hundreds of structures, including houses, storage tanks and open-air aqueducts, stretching into the distance. The ghosts of California's most utopian experiments live in the remains of communes 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Army Corps of Engineers built the connection to the aqueduct in 1977 to reduce flood risks for communities around the Tulare Lake Basin by redirecting flows when the Kern River runs fast and high. California to trigger rarely used relief valve on Kern River, diverting flows to state aqueduct 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z The city of Rome boasted eleven aqueducts, enormous structures that brought fresh water into the city from miles away. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The republic relied on publicans to construct public works such as aqueducts and theaters, as well as to operate government-owned mines and collect taxes. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The water would reach existing pumps that send it south through the aqueducts of the State Water Project, flowing toward farmlands and Southern California’s cities. Report urges Metropolitan Water District to abandon Newsom's $16-billion delta tunnel plan 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z To drain, dry and repair the breach, DWP crews first opened aqueduct floodgates 25 miles to the north. As temperatures rise, flood threat grows along Los Angeles Aqueduct 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z To open the connection, operators lower the aqueduct’s water level below the level of the intertie basin. California to trigger rarely used relief valve on Kern River, diverting flows to state aqueduct 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z The aqueduct, which delivers water from the Owens Valley to millions of Angelenos, has already suffered damage from this winter’s storms. California has so much snow that flood danger will last through the year 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Theodoric also rebuilt Roman infrastructure, including repairing aqueducts and city walls in his kingdom. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But that would greatly harm Nevada and force disastrous reductions on Arizona: the aqueduct that carries drinking water to Phoenix and Tucson would be reduced almost to zero. White House Suggests Colorado River Cuts Be Spread Evenly Among States 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Adam Perez, manager of the aqueduct, said the DWP is “considering seeking reimbursements from the California Office of Emergency Services to help cover the millions of dollars it took to repair the breach in March.” As temperatures rise, flood threat grows along Los Angeles Aqueduct 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z When the gates separating the two are opened, gravity conducts the Kern River water into the aqueduct. California to trigger rarely used relief valve on Kern River, diverting flows to state aqueduct 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z “We keep Southern California hydrated,” said Derek Lee, the MWD team manager at the pumping plant, explaining that five pumping plants lift the water more than 1,600 feet along the aqueduct. Drought-ravaged Colorado River gets relief from snow. But long-term water crisis remains 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Officials with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said crews are readying the aqueduct and nearby waterways in the eastern Sierra for a lengthy runoff season that could last into September. Snowmelt flood risk to last for months, experts say 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z It was the first time the aqueduct has ever been breached by extreme weather. California’s snowpack is the deepest in 70 years. Now get ready for perilous 'big melt' 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z The challenge now is to prevent the bounty of Sierra snowmelt expected to course through the aqueduct this spring and summer from overflowing, inundating the lake bed, as well as fields, homes and businesses. As temperatures rise, flood threat grows along Los Angeles Aqueduct 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is struggling to maintain the city’s Eastern Sierra aqueduct amid continued flooding from snowmelt. 'Too much loss from the rain.' How businesses are coping — or benefiting — from recent storms 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z It was the first time that the aqueduct had been breached by extreme weather, The Los Angeles Times reports. Newsom Rolls Back Water Restrictions After Winter Deluge in California 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z The record storms accomplished further unexpected damage when floodwaters undermined a section of aqueduct in Owens Valley, threatening a Los Angeles water lifeline. The Week in Photos: Snow, rain and striking teacher aides disrupt L.A. and LAPD goes on a 'watch list.' 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Officials from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said during a board meeting last week that crews were working hard to repair the aqueduct, but must also brace for the incoming runoff. California’s snowpack is the deepest in 70 years. Now get ready for perilous 'big melt' 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z But earlier this month, record storms accomplished the unthinkable when floodwaters undermined a 120-foot-long section of aqueduct in Owens Valley, causing its concrete walls to crumble. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z But this past week, President Petro has accused the Gulf Clan of breaking the ceasefire, blaming it for an attack on an aqueduct and saying it had incited protests from informal gold miners. Gulf Clan: Colombia suspends ceasefire with drug cartel 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z The measures were intended to deal with the critical shortage last year on the State Water Project, the system of aqueducts and reservoirs that deliver water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to Southern California. Water restrictions lifted for 7 million in SoCal, but region still urged to conserve 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z At the same time, officials with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power are worried that record runoff in Mono and Inyo counties could overwhelm the city’s network of aqueducts. As snow records fall along the eastern Sierra Nevada, fears loom over impending snowmelt 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z Mr. García pointed to an array of new infrastructure projects, including an aqueduct and dam, that he said would ensure a steady supply of water. Tesla Could Start Making Cars in Mexico Next Year, Governor Says 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z “We’ve lost the aqueduct!” a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power inspector told his superiors by cellphone. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Giant pumps that send water south through aqueducts mangle the critters or draw them into the grasp of lurking predators. Column: Newsom cares more about almond growers than California's salmon fishery 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z In return for their support, California’s legislators insisted on a provision that their state’s water rights take priority over the aqueduct. As the Colorado River Shrinks, Washington Prepares to Spread the Pain 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z State and federal delta pumps now are operating at near capacity, sending nearly 14,000 cubic feet per second through aqueducts into the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California. Uncaptured water isn’t wasted. But more could be stored for a non-rainy day 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z She said it’s an argument for a proposed $16-billion tunnel that would allow more water to be moved into state and federal aqueducts during storm events, while also protecting fish from pumps. Environmental rules stoke anger as California lets precious stormwater wash out to sea 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z It was the first time in history that the 200-mile aqueduct had been breached by extreme weather, threatening water deliveries to 4 million ratepayers in Los Angeles. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Fresher Sacramento River water from the north delta would be siphoned into a 45-mile-long, 39-foot-wide tunnel ending near the southbound aqueducts. California has lots of catching up to do on flood management — with or without climate change 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z It helped the Romans erect structures including temples, public baths and other big buildings, aqueducts and bridges unlike any fashioned to that point in history. Scientists chip away at how ancient Roman concrete stood test of time 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z A new study appears to have cracked the code on why ancient Roman architecture such as the Pantheon and certain still-functioning aqueducts are so durable: self-regenerating concrete. Ancient Roman architecture made with self-healing concrete, study finds 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z The state’s major aqueducts that move water from north to south can also play a big role in helping floodwater reach the paleo valleys. Opinion | California Could Capture Its Destructive Floodwaters to Fight Drought 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z For weeks, DWP crews had been using heavy equipment and other means to control the anticipated spring runoff, but even longtime aqueduct workers were shocked by the suddenness of the break. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Bathhouses, aqueducts, and seawalls built more than 2000 years ago are still standing—thanks to a special type of concrete that has proved far more durable than its modern counterpart. Scientists may have found magic ingredient behind ancient Rome’s self-healing concrete 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z It was formerly an aqueduct to provide water to Cwmavon blast furnaces, but now a walkway which featured in a photograph of Burton that appeared in magazines and newspapers around the world. Richard Burton: Actor's home village to mark Hollywood history 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z The state’s massive water infrastructure—huge dams, levees and long-distance aqueducts—prevents the great rivers of the Central Valley region from occupying their floodplains and naturally recharging groundwater. How Water Cycles Can Help Prevent Disastrous Floods and Drought 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z The aqueducts are underused in winter when fewer growers need to irrigate their crops and could transport excess storm water to depleted aquifers. Opinion | California Could Capture Its Destructive Floodwaters to Fight Drought 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Among the first to arrive on the scene that March 10 morning was a team led by Ben Butler, senior aqueduct and reservoir keeper. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z The city has long relied on other supplies to get by, including water imported from the Owens Valley, Northern California and the Colorado River via a network of aging aqueducts. Drought-ravaged L.A. seeks surprising source of water: A contaminated Superfund site 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z California also hosts about 20 brackish water plants which can desalinate slightly salty water from rivers, aqueducts and other sources. They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Coalinga has only one source of water — a shrinking allotment from an aqueduct managed by the federal government — and officials are projecting the city will use up that amount before the end of the year. A California city’s water supply is expected to run out in two months 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Under the simulation’s scenario, freeways linking the region to Las Vegas and Phoenix could be destroyed, as could the aqueducts that bring in most of L.A. Fault along L.A., O.C. coast could unleash earthquake on scale of San Andreas, study shows 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z “Floodwater was coming down hard, creating a large, deep pool that pressed against the aqueduct’s walls,” he recalled. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z “Because it’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when we’re going to have a quake, and the aqueducts cross the San Andreas fault.” Drought-ravaged L.A. seeks surprising source of water: A contaminated Superfund site 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z The aqueduct was once a source of drinking water, but waste rendered the water unusable in recent decades, leading to large quantities of water being dumped into the sea. How ‘heat officers’ plan to help cities survive ever-hotter summers 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Before a canal was completed in the early 1970s that connected Coalinga to a major aqueduct, the city relied on water delivered by train. A California city’s water supply is expected to run out in two months 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Without it, the nearly 100-year-old segment of the critical aqueduct could be displaced by as much as 13 feet due to seismic activity, they said. As water supply shrinks, California struggles to maintain aging aqueducts 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z “We were already in an all-hands-on-deck mode when we learned that the aqueduct was in serious trouble,” said Adam Perez, deputy manager of aqueduct operations. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Martin and Associates that is high on any list of great modern architecture; and, sections of the century-old engineering marvel that is the Los Angeles aqueduct. Review: As drought deepens, nine L.A. artists think about water 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z The Olmec built aqueducts to transport water into their cities and irrigate their fields. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Beyond that point, if Coalinga kept using water from the aqueduct, it would belong to someone else. A California city’s water supply is expected to run out in two months 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The land beneath one federally managed aqueduct known as the Friant-Kern Canal, which moves water from the Fresno area toward Bakersfield, has sunk about 13 feet since its completion about 70 years ago. As water supply shrinks, California struggles to maintain aging aqueducts 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z As an emergency action, the DWP opened aqueduct spill gates 25 miles north to drain the damaged section and make repairs. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Since the 15th century, aqueducts have carried water for kilometers across the island’s mountains and rugged terrain. Now that Madeira is easier to get to, it makes for a great family vacation 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z The city had neighborhoods for specific occupations, a trash collection system, markets, two aqueducts bringing in fresh water, and public buildings and temples. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z A day later, in a different video published on his Instagram account, García announced that the government would build an aqueduct. Drought in Mexico leads to water rationing, theft 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z The proposed tunnel project would instead take the water from the Sacramento River before it reaches the Delta and route it around the system, delivering it below the pumps and into the aqueduct. California outlines plan for scaled back giant water tunnel 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z But as aqueduct inflows washed over the playa, they dissolved alkaline minerals there, creating a vast corrosive brine pool that could ruin some of the dust control projects, officials said. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z To supplement the dams, officials planned to build a massive aqueduct that would ferry water from the Rio Panuco, 300 miles south. Taps have run dry in Monterrey, Mexico, where there is water for factories but not for residents 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Some of the longstanding traditional approaches include dams and aqueducts. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Example of a Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The third ventricle is the space between the left and right sides of the diencephalon, which opens into the cerebral aqueduct that passes through the midbrain. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Over all, it took more than 100 DWP personnel working nonstop for nearly a week to repair the aqueduct. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z A fourth dam is currently under construction in the state’s southeast and an aqueduct to carry water from the El Cuchillo dam, the state’s largest, is planned. Monterrey suffers weeks-long water cutoff amid drought 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Some of the longstanding traditional approaches include dams and aqueducts. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Since its completion in the early 1990s, the aqueduct has underpinned Arizona’s tremendous growth and helped Wong’s 4,000 acres of Sonoran Desert bloom with organic grains, cotton and alfalfa. The Colorado River is in crisis, and it’s getting worse every day The cerebral aqueduct opens just inferior to the epithalamus and passes through the midbrain. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Looking ahead, he said, DWP inspectors will be stepping up daily patrols of its aqueduct systems and dams in Owens Valley. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z A long-planned temporary shutdown of a leaking aqueduct that supplies about half of New York City’s drinking water will be pushed back a year, giving officials more time to prepare for the monthslong closure. Monthslong closure of major NYC aqueduct delayed a year 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z For example, Owens Lake and Mono Lake in central California began to disappear after their river flow was diverted to the Los Angeles aqueduct. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Sinking ground has already damaged some canals and aqueducts. Land is sinking as groundwater levels drop. New research shows how California could fix it 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z From the lateral ventricles, the CSF flows into the third ventricle, where more CSF is produced, and then through the cerebral aqueduct into the fourth ventricle where even more CSF is produced. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z A singular feat of civil engineering and deception, the aqueduct has both spurred the phenomenal growth of Los Angeles and inspired deep-seated suspicions about the city’s motives that linger to this day in Owens Valley. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Connecting the bypass tunnel will require shutting down the aqueduct for five to eight months, increasing reliance on other water sources. Monthslong closure of major NYC aqueduct delayed a year 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Paris opened a 97-mile aqueduct carrying clean drinking water to the capital. How a French Bank Captured Haiti 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z It looked on as L.A.’s captains of industry created the aqueduct that stole water from the Owens Valley to slake the thirst of a growing region that didn’t have enough local water to be self-sustaining. Column: Heed the warnings of this palm tree, a 200-year-old drought survivor 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z The cerebral aqueduct passes through the center of the midbrain, such that these regions are the roof and floor of that canal. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z Over a three-year period, the aqueduct was dynamited more than a dozen times. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z The environmental department has been working for years to make sure the aqueduct’s shutdown would not be noticed by customers turning on their faucets. Monthslong closure of major NYC aqueduct delayed a year 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z He too owned tracts in the Valley, and helped to engineer the aqueduct taking of the Owens Valley water to make those tracts even more valuable. Sepulveda, Sherman, Tarzana: The most interesting stories behind the Valley's street names 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z “But that’s still a few years away before we’re anticipated to get to that level. So for the next two to three years, at least, we have enough supplies stored to fill the aqueduct.” As Colorado River crisis deepens, government will release less water from Lake Powell 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The aqueduct opens up into the fourth ventricle. Anatomy and Physiology 2013-06-19T00:00:00Z On Sept. 15, 1976, a dynamite blast ripped apart one of the Alabama Hills aqueduct gatehouse’s five gates, flushing 100 million gallons of water into the valley floor. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z In peacetime new threats have besieged Faydah, including cement factories and a farmer who raises cows nearly on top of a canal that predates the Roman aqueducts by four centuries. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z The city has permission to use alum this fall when work on a tunnel under the Hudson River will require the temporary disconnection of the aqueduct for the neighboring Delaware watershed. NYC reservoir releases raise worries about stormier future 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Adam Perez, the DWP’s aqueduct manager, said the department is fulfilling its obligations under its license agreement and is committed to protecting the environment and the health of Mono Lake and its feeder streams. As drought hammers Mono Lake, thirsty Los Angeles must look elsewhere for water 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The island's aqueduct authority said some 160,000 households were without water. Two men acquitted in Whitmer kidnapping 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z The lake, which was once navigated by steamboats, had evaporated into dusty salt flats after the aqueduct was completed in 1913. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z The Central Valley Project then pumps the water south through 400 miles of aqueducts to eventually irrigate the almonds and pistachios, garlic and lettuce, and tomatoes and citrus in this valley and beyond. As it enters a third year, California’s drought is strangling the farming industry 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z The Arabs also shared their skills of working stone and building dams and aqueducts. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I think they used to be worse. They must have been worse before aqueducts.” Opinion | Carpenter and fiancee hesitant to bring child into troubled world 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z The state's other main aqueduct systems that move water around the state also severely reduced their supplies. California’s water supplies are in trouble as climate change worsens natural dry spells 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z In recent years, several stretches of the aqueduct system have been drained to allow replacement of cracked and bulging sections of century-old concrete. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z The research leaves little doubt: The contaminants are migrating toward the aqueduct. Study: Toxic fracking waste is leaking into California groundwater 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z He also built baths, aqueducts, law courts, schools, and hospitals. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z That information could help officials make decisions on critical infrastructure, such as roads, bridges and aqueducts. NASA turns technology back toward Earth to focus on climate change 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Cities in Southern California rely largely on water flowing through aqueducts from the Colorado River and the Sierra Nevada. Los Angeles shifts water supplies as drought hammers State Water Project 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z “Instead, Rome built bridges, roads, aqueducts, theaters — anything to serve the collective well-being.” Romans Choose From a Crowded Field to Run a Chaotic City 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z The old approach of building another reservoir or aqueduct or moving water from the next distant river is dead. Op-Ed: Happy New Water Year — Californians have to face some difficult wet season truths 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z When the water channel spanned a river or ravine, the aqueduct was lifted high up on arches. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of his members rely on the state and federal aqueduct systems and well water to grow a variety of crops — from rice to walnuts, row-crop beans to almonds. California’s disappearing salmon On the second day, they met up with their tour group to visit ancient Roman aqueducts and enjoy a traditional pasta lunch. ‘Experience’ tourism combines Roman ruins in the morning, a talk on church abuse in the afternoon 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z At about 3 a.m. on Aug. 16, Edgar met the man below an aqueduct in Woodside, Queens. A Lawyer’s Deathbed Confession About a Sensational 1975 Kidnapping 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Dominican Republic officials were also forced to shut down part of the country’s aqueduct system, due to flooding from the storm. Tropical Depression Fred: What to know 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z BARI, Italy — The pure, drinkable water of an underground mountain spring makes an improbable 110-mile journey to the Puglian city of Bari, propelled by gravity along an aqueduct constructed a century ago. Romans mastered aqueducts. Now Italy is just trying to fix its leaky pipes. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Epics of engineering such as the Hoover Dam and the Los Angeles aqueducts. Opinion | The thirsty West’s dreaded water crisis is here 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z A full quarter of the state's farmlands have access to just 5% of what they would ordinarily receive from rivers and aqueducts. The fires this time: a climate view from California 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z In the midst of a worsening drought, growers have stolen water from agricultural wells and aqueducts, or have broken open fire hydrants. Illegal pot invades California's deserts, bringing violence, fear, ecological destruction 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z A subsequent Times story in March revealed how the top manager of the district’s sprawling desert aqueduct system exerted a tyrannical presence in isolated worker camps. State launches audit of sexual harassment policies at powerful Southern California water agency 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z And when it was over, a new aqueduct — relying on little more than stones and gravity — was supplying water to Bari and other cities, having essentially redirected a river 90 degrees. Romans mastered aqueducts. Now Italy is just trying to fix its leaky pipes. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z But the mighty lake — a linchpin in a system of aqueducts and reservoirs in the arid U.S. California reservoirs diminish as hot, dry summer approaches 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Because of its geographic importance to their colonial rule, the Romans, through extractive slave labor, built a series of aqueducts to transport water from springs as far as 16 kilometers away. Human Evolution Led to an Extreme Thirst for Water 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Residents complain that they also see tanker trucks siphoning off water from hydrants, aqueducts or neighbors’ wells. Illegal pot invades California's deserts, bringing violence, fear, ecological destruction 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z The 1,800-employee agency operates the 242-mile Colorado River aqueduct, a thin blue strip through the desert that brings water to sinks, showerheads, swimming pools and golf courses. After a bitter fight, Southern California's water kingpin has a new leader 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z But now the mighty lake — a linchpin in a system of aqueducts and reservoirs in the arid U.S. Drought ravages California’s reservoirs ahead of hot summer 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z That was the case with the construction of the Los Angeles and Colorado River aqueducts early in the last century and the State Water Project and federal Central Valley Project in succeeding decades. Column: Water created California and the West. Will drought finish them off? 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Falling aquifers have caused land to sink in some areas, cracking aqueducts and canals — and creating massive water leakage. Column: Drought is upon us. California's Senate leader has a plan to keep it from becoming a crisis 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z With less water to draw from rivers and the state’s intricate network of canals and aqueducts, farmers fallowed hundreds of thousands of additional acres. On tap in California: Another drought four years after last 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Keeping the aqueduct in working order is a herculean task even before confronting the challenging hydrology of the climate crisis. After a bitter fight, Southern California's water kingpin has a new leader 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Williams, the retired aqueduct operator, said he saw employees load “ice chest after ice chest” filed with alcohol into the bus before it departed. He was the king of water in the desert. His abusive reign revealed a troubling culture 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Many crossed the All-American Canal, an aqueduct that runs along the border and unleashes Colorado River water to farms through a vast network of canals. Deadly Calif. crash on route for illegal border crossings 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Atkins doesn’t propose to patch the aqueduct leaks, because paying for it is too contentious. Column: Drought is upon us. California's Senate leader has a plan to keep it from becoming a crisis 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z Many crossed the All-American Canal, an aqueduct that runs along the border and unleashes Colorado River water to farms through a vast network of canals. Deadly Calif. crash on route for illegal border crossings 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z The “replacement” pipeline runs mostly on a completely new route through Minnesota, barreling through hundreds of lakes, rivers, aqueducts and wetlands. 'It's cultural genocide': inside the fight to stop a pipeline on tribal lands 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z “You go to use the weight room, your boss is in there, or the pool, and there’s someone you don’t like you’re working with,” said Paul Williams, a retired aqueduct operator. He was the king of water in the desert. His abusive reign revealed a troubling culture 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z The Sierra snowpack typically supplies about 30% of the water needed by California when spring comes and it begins to melt, eventually ending up in aqueducts and reservoirs. Water content of California’s early winter snowpack lagging 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z We’ve spent the past 170 years erecting a most intricate system — dams, aqueduct, canals, turbine pumps, power grids, roads, codes — to dull, if not defeat, nature. Opinion | California, the Most Calamitous Place on Earth 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z “Don’t forget the ancient Roman tradition for public baths and aqueducts,” he said. Hard-hit Italy cautiously embraces new normal in coronavirus era 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z The ship was part of Viminacium, a sprawling Roman city of 45,000 people with a hippodrome, fortifications, a forum, palace, temples, amphitheatre, aqueducts, baths and workshops. Coal mine in Serbia gives up new Roman treasure 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Even his detractors admired his vast knowledge of the aqueduct system. He was the king of water in the desert. His abusive reign revealed a troubling culture 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z They were expert engineers, way ahead of the curve on underfloor heating, aqueducts and the use of concrete as a building material. Pompeii ruins show that the Romans invented recycling 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z It hardly registered that we were pumping so much water out of the earth that the earth itself was sinking; the aqueduct, canals and roads were sinking right along with it. Opinion | California, the Most Calamitous Place on Earth 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z They constructed their government and religious buildings on top of a high mesa, now called Cerro Baúl, and erected canals and aqueducts that carried water much farther than any previously attempted in the valley. Shrewd water use helped South America’s first empire thrive. So why did a drought destroy it? 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The lawyer informed Clarence Martin, aqueduct manager for the Los Angeles utility, that the lease agreement “contains LADWP’s requirement that Inyo County not engage in any form of discrimination in its operation of the campground.” In Lone Pine, a lawyer fights to change campground's derogatory name. The town pushes back 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z In the book, he wrote that Nash’s role as the aqueduct manager was not quite as lonely as a lighthouse keeper, “but not by a huge margin.” He was the king of water in the desert. His abusive reign revealed a troubling culture 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z By the late 1970s, the environmental impacts of Los Angeles’s World War II-era aqueduct system just east of Yosemite National Park and about 350 miles north of the city were alarming. Non-native weeds are engulfing the ancient breeding grounds of Mono Lake's California gulls 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z The ageing aqueduct, which should divert excess water from the lake to the Missouri River, was overwhelmed by the extreme rainfall. ‘It’s like the third world’: tribe feels forgotten as flooding brings misery to a struggling community 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z It’s the largest single customer of the federal Central Valley Project, a network of California dams, reservoirs and aqueducts launched in 1938 and managed by Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation. Column: Interior Secretary Bernhardt's previous job raises questions about a deal for his ex-client 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Anthony’s uncle, David, said in an interview that he loved playing football and fishing at Apollo Park and the aqueduct in Quartz Hill. The horrific death of Anthony Avalos and the many missed chances to save him 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Nash and employees called the expanse of desert around the aqueduct “Nashville.” He was the king of water in the desert. His abusive reign revealed a troubling culture 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Like the aqueduct or the automobile, air conditioning is a technology that transformed the world. The air conditioning trap: how cold air is heating the world 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The investigation found that the lab lacks proper isolation between the experimental areas and the aquifer — as required by Italian environmental regulations — as well as between the lab’s own drainage system and the aqueduct. Italian physicists to stand trial for conditions in underground lab 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z The company still needs a permit to join the aqueduct, operated by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the largest wholesale supplier in the United States. A massive aquifer lies beneath the Mojave Desert. Could it help solve California’s water problem? 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z The first aqueduct includes tunnels through mountainous terrain in the shadow of Ben Lomond and bridges over the valleys. Old photos show aqueduct being built 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z California’s aqueducts and water-carrying pipelines, a historic feat of engineering in the semiarid state, are aging and increasingly inefficient. California’s new governor breaks from state’s most ambitious public works projects 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z As the Devil labored all night to build the aqueduct, she prayed. Statue of a Friendly, Selfie-Taking Devil Divides a Town 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z In addition to the three physicists, the court indicted managers of the companies operating the highway and the aqueduct. Italian physicists to stand trial for conditions in underground lab 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z A fix could come from Proposition 3, the water bond on the November ballot, which earmarks $750 million in state taxpayer funds to repair the aqueduct and other infrastructure damaged by land subsidence. Water bond would spread money across the state — but pour it on the Central Valley - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z A second aqueduct was constructed decades later to accommodate the rapid expansion of Glasgow. Old photos show aqueduct being built 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z He even built a controversial three-arch stone aqueduct to carry a canal over a river and bring his coal holdings to market. Review | How technology and innovation shaped our world 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z A former agricultural economist, he seemed to pose a threat to no one, especially given the projects he backed, like an aqueduct and a nursery school. Peacetime Spells Death for Colombia’s Activists 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z He replaced the outer cave wall with 2-foot thick cinder block, and installed a drinking water aqueduct and hydroelectric plant. A cave home for millionaires 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Together, the two federal aqueducts, built in the 1940s, divert virtually the entire flow of the upper San Joaquin River. Water bond would spread money across the state — but pour it on the Central Valley - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z The entire length of the second aqueduct and the entire length of the first will be closed at different times during the project to enable the work to progress. Old photos show aqueduct being built 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Ever since, the river has been tamed, dammed, channeled and diverted into aqueducts, canals and ditches. Opinion | The Rio Grande Is Dying. Does Anyone Care? 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Slated to begin in October 2022, these renovations will require the aqueduct to be fully shut down for six months. It’s Hot. How Do I Get the Spray Shower at the Park to Work? 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z But the cost — wells, dams, aqueducts and pipes for billions of people — was impractical. The man who (almost) wiped out the Guinea worms 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z He added that the rest of the grant would be used to improve conveyance systems linked in some way to the two main aqueducts. Water bond would spread money across the state — but pour it on the Central Valley - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Engineers and politicians compare the network of 19 reservoirs, three lakes and connecting tunnels to the grand aqueducts of ancient Rome. Fixing a massive NYC plumbing leak, 55 stories underground 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The Times championed building the world’s longest aqueduct — 233 miles — to transport Sierra snowmelt to Los Angeles, a project that would infamously dry up rich Owens Valley farmlands and uproot many of its inhabitants. Visionaries and scoundrels made the Los Angeles Times, which returns to local ownership after 18 years 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Crossing a vacant square beneath an aqueduct, we suddenly realized that five men with knives were tailing us; soon, they were chasing us. The Strange Case of the Missing Joyce Scholar 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z The district uses power from the plant to operate an aqueduct system. The Latest: Arizona miners rally to save power plant 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z The authority is trying to determine whether groundwater pumping miles from the aqueduct is contributing to the subsidence. Water bond would spread money across the state — but pour it on the Central Valley - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Draining the aqueduct in 2022 will give crews time to reroute the water under the Hudson and to seal other leaks some 25 miles up the aqueduct. Fixing a massive NYC plumbing leak, 55 stories underground 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The list includes an 18th century fortress on a tiny Brittany island, the home of writer Aime Cesaire in the Caribbean, a 12th century Burgundy castle and a Roman aqueduct in eastern France. France launches lottery to help restore chateaux, monuments 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z They also plan to look for a rumoured aqueduct beneath the nearby ancient city of Cumae. Muons: the little-known particles helping to probe the impenetrable 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Along with tighter budgets, red tape delays the start of roads, aqueducts, schools, power lines and clinics promised to millions living without infrastructure. Special Report: A fractured peace – violent rivals rush into FARC... 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The canal aqueduct was built at Fort Hunter in the Mohawk Valley in 1839, 14 years after the waterway linking Lake Erie and the Hudson River opened. Preservation group releases annual ‘Seven to Save’ list 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z About 18 million gallons - 3 percent of the aqueduct’s flow, or enough to fill about 27 Olympic-size swimming pools - escapes from the pipeline every day. Fixing a massive NYC plumbing leak, 55 stories underground 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z By partially diverting some supplies from the Sacramento River in the northern delta, the tunnel project is intended to lessen the environmental harm of the massive pumping operations that fill southbound aqueducts. Metropolitan Water District backs away from plan to finance both delta tunnels 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Authorities say the father who drowned rescuing his 9-year-old son from an aqueduct was a 31-year-old resident of inland Southern California. Latest: Authorities ID California man who drowned saving son 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Rescuers searched the aqueduct near Ranchero Road and 11th Avenue for nearly two hours before they recovered the man's body a short distance away. Dive team recovers body of man who jumped in aqueduct to save 9-year-old son 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z Jervis had designed it in the style of a Roman aqueduct. The Case for Fancier Subways: We Deserve Them 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z That aqueduct will be shut down for several 10-week increments so crews can scrub out microorganisms that have created a layer of “biofilm,” which inhibits the flow through the century-old tunnel. Fixing a massive NYC plumbing leak, 55 stories underground 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z With even lower temperatures forecast, the aqueduct had a crane and wrecking ball standing by to break up large chunks that could overwhelm the intake. ‘Not built for this’: What fails in the extreme cold? Just about everything. 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The aqueduct east of Los Angeles is a popular area of bicyclists, walkers and joggers. Latest: Authorities ID California man who drowned saving son 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z At one of the sites last December, Ms. Morretta came across tracts of one of Rome’s oldest aqueducts, which is now being studied. Unearthed in Rome’s New Subway: Extinct Elephants and Persian Peach Pits 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z The exhibition includes original drawings of the aqueduct’s dams, bridges, tunnels and other features that Jervis had commissioned from Fayette B. Tower, an engineer and artist. How a Massive Public Works Project Saved a Parched New York 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z An outbreak of cholera in 1832 finally forced the city to approve an aqueduct from the Catskills. The Drinking Water Woes of Early New York 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Jacobus said aqueduct officials couldn’t remember another stretch when night temperatures dipped into the single digits and daytime temperatures didn’t reach above freezing. ‘Not built for this’: What fails in the extreme cold? Just about everything. 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The tunnels would pipe water around the delta to the aqueduct that delivers water to farms and residents mostly in the southern half of the state. Big water tunnels project OK’d by Southern California agency 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z But there is a catch: Spinning massive sections of an aqueduct, as one may expect, isn’t easy. TechBits: In Aqueducts app, save a city from drought 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z The original aqueduct could deliver up to 60 million gallons a day, a supply the city outgrew within three decades. How a Massive Public Works Project Saved a Parched New York 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z The family of Xanthel Linares, 24, said she was the driver of a car that authorities say plunged into the aqueduct about 2:30 a.m. near Main Street and Escondido Avenue. Daughter tells her mother 'I love you' moments before sinking to her death in California Aqueduct 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Crews had scrambled to break up the bergs Sunday after ice began to block the pipes and the reservoir level dropped, said Thomas Jacobus, the aqueduct’s general manager. ‘Not built for this’: What fails in the extreme cold? Just about everything. 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The downslope of the terrain below the Impounding Dam wasn’t great enough to allow sufficient elevation for such an aqueduct, Glenn said. Century-old system still protecting Altoona’s water supply 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z Scarce rain and chronically leaky aqueducts have combined this summer to hurt farmers in much of Italy and put Romans at risk for drastic water rationing. Mayor demands immediate solution to Rome’s water woes 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z It will carry excess runoff from the aqueduct to basins in Pacoima. Los Angeles restoring water tunnel to capture runoff 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Then, Brown’s father, the late Gov. Pat Brown, helped oversee building of the pumps, dams, and aqueducts that move water from the green north to more arid south. Key federal ruling on California tunnels months away 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z It was Brown’s father, the late Gov. Pat Brown, who oversaw construction of the state’s complex and aging water system of aqueducts, dams, lifting stations and pumps. Feds to give update on California’s big water tunnels 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Army Corps of Engineers, which operates the aqueduct, to turn the facility over to D.C. Trump administration wants to sell Washington Aqueduct 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z Divestiture would not save the federal government money in year-to-year costs, because the aqueduct receives no federal subsidies. Trump administration wants to sell the Washington Aqueduct 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z The landscape and lifestyle are idyllic — all ancient Roman aqueducts and cathedrals and unique wines and lavish culinary delights. Diane Lane stops to sip the rosé in Eleanor Coppola's wise and winsome 'Paris Can Wait' 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Oroville reservoir is the state’s second-largest, and anchors the system of aqueducts, canals and pumps that moves water from Northern California to more arid Central and Southern California. Water releases to resume at damaged California dam spillway 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Ground shifts can affect roads, bridges, water pipes and aqueducts. California's drought is over. Now what? - BBC News 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z For years, Central Valley farmers have drawn liberally from the region’s aquifers to compensate for reduced supplies from canals and aqueducts. California’s Drought May Be Over, But Its Water Troubles Aren’t 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Army Corps of Engineers, which operates the aqueduct, instead to turn over the facility to D.C. Trump administration wants to sell the Washington Aqueduct 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z A man’s body was found Tuesday near an aqueduct in Azusa, prompting an investigation by homicide detectives. Man's body is found near an aqueduct in Azusa 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Authorities are still investigating why the Hesperia family’s car crashed into the aqueduct. Search for missing toddler in California aqueduct called off 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z One of the results of the JPL study: as result of the sinking ground in one area of the aqueduct, water flow is hampered by 20%. California's drought is over. Now what? - BBC News 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z A mother and her 3-year-old son were killed when their car plunged into an aqueduct in Hesperia on Thursday night and another child who was in the vehicle remains unaccounted for, authorities said. Mother, 3-year-old son killed when car plunges into aqueduct; another child missing 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The aqueduct proposal is an example of the hurdles facing the Trump administration’s ambitious plan to privatize public assets, such as roads and bridges. Trump administration wants to sell the Washington Aqueduct 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z In California, the aqueducts, like the freeways, make clear that red and blue California are one. California Editorial Roundup 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department says divers resumed their search for Noah Abbot Saturday morning but ended it six hours later due to unsafe conditions in the aqueduct, including zero visibility and strong currents. Search for missing toddler in California aqueduct called off 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z The tax dollars of ancient Athenians and Romans built roads and aqueducts, but they also provided free meals to widows whose husbands died in war. Have We Lost Sight of the Promise of Public Schools? 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Army Corps of Engineers studied the issue, even unveiling a plan in 1982 to build an aqueduct from the Missouri River to southwest Kansas as a long-term solution. Measurements key to Kansas water decisions 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The aqueduct “is on the property books of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,” he said. Trump administration wants to sell the Washington Aqueduct 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Using a naturally occurring cement from volcanic ash deposits at Puteoli, near Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius, they built their aqueducts and their bathhouses with concrete. The hidden strengths of unloved concrete - BBC News 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Ironically, it was the construction of a new aqueduct, bringing a copious supply of freshwater from the Catskills, that doomed the oyster. Oysters are making a comeback in the polluted waters around New York City 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The most notable element of the city’s new aqueduct also reached fruition after fighting broke out. The man behind the massive logistics of the Union army 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z It surpassed, in its accomplishments, all the great civilizations of the past—the Egyptian pyramids, the Roman aqueducts, the Gothic cathedrals. Karl Marx, Yesterday and Today 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z The flattening of these gaping scenes plunges the viewer headlong into the dams and reservoirs, aqueducts and deltas of this global survey. Edward Burtynsky on his ravaged Earth shots: 'We've reached peak everything' 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z One of its charming features is the small stone aqueduct that flows through the town beneath large cottonwood trees. Balmorhea residents fear fracking could hurt natural springs 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z “The aqueduct bringing freshwater from the Catskills brought as much freshwater as it wanted, so they flushed as many toilets as they wanted and all that went into the rivers,” says Malinowski. Oysters are making a comeback in the polluted waters around New York City 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The park sits beside a large uninhabited plot of land that features a flood control dam and multiple aqueducts. Coyote attacks force closure of Montebello park: 'People are not food for coyotes' 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z The 1,300-foot-long timber structure was replaced by an aqueduct in the 1840s. Erie Canal trip touts waterway's history, early depictions 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z When James Brindley sought Parliament's backing for his plan for an aqueduct over the River Irwell in Lancashire, he apparently employed a novel means of gaining their attention. James Brindley: The canal pioneer who changed England - BBC News 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z They grouse in unison for a minute until one guy pipes up and asks “the aqueduct?” What Has Congress Ever Done for Us? 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z It was a little worse for wear, having sat empty, but the aqueduct had a large maintenance staff and it was soon put right. Old home week: Former occupants remember a funky house near Dalecarlia 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Its modern streets and throughways wind around the ruins of Roman aqueducts, crumbling crusader fortresses and medieval mosques that still call the people to prayer. TRAVEL: Explore Istanbul’s rich history, shop its ancient bazaars 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Northern reservoirs funnel water to the southern half of the state through a complex system of concrete aqueducts. Drought hasn’t lifted, but California’s water restrictions just did 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z It was the first navigable aqueduct to be built in England and a structure that would stand for another 100 years. James Brindley: The canal pioneer who changed England - BBC News 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z The water-intake system is the first phase of an $11 million project at the historical park, which includes the full restoration of the canal’s aqueduct that last carried boats across the creek in the 1920s. Work begins for restoration of historic C&O Canal aqueduct 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z The pergola prototype from Spain became a three-and-a-half-kilometre cast-concrete white cellular structure, on legs, that stalks across the landscape like an aqueduct. Rise of the Superpark 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z But start thinking about how it arrives – via hundreds of miles of aqueducts and dams, from distant mountains and across state lines, only to be bought and sold unseen – and it gets a bit eerie. How I rented a piece of a river in a never-ending western drought 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Federal and state water agencies share control over California's maze of lakes, dams, canals, rivers and the aqueduct – the largest waterway system in the world. Water Woes Divide California into Haves, Have Nots 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z An aqueduct was built that began to draw clean water from the Croton River, in 1842; eventually, cholera all but disappeared from New York. The Bugs That Live On Us and Around Us 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z The aqueduct made the switch under an EPA rule that was designed to limit byproducts in the disinfectant process, the utility said. D.C.’s decade-old problem of lead in water gets new attention during Flint crisis 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z According to the Greek geographer Strabo, while the Greeks build beautiful cities, the Romans focus on “paving their roads, constructing aqueducts, and sewers.” The rise of the urbanite : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z William Mulholland, who was designing the city's aqueduct system, came to the library asking if he could take home a reference book for his research. For International Women's Day, meet L.A.'s first female head librarian – a teenager who settled bar bets and worked to get women the right to vote 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z The aqueduct treats that with orthophosphate, which protects against the corrosion of lead pipes. Flint water crisis prompts fear, demands in D.C., nationwide 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z It took eight years to build O’Shaughnessy dam and another 11 to complete an aqueduct to carry the water 160 miles west. The Valley Below: San Francisco is keeping Yosemite Valley’s lost twin under water 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Southern California imports a lion's share of its water from Northern California and the Colorado River, on aqueducts that stretch hundreds of miles. As rain pummels California, some see a missed opportunity for drought relief 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z For almost five decades, Westlands has brought its farmers a torrent of water from the reservoirs and aqueducts of the federal Central Valley Project, the vast public work that irrigates half of California agriculture. Farmers Try Political Force to Twist Open California’s Taps 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Parts of the California aqueduct sank 8in in just four months last year. The Central Valley is sinking: drought forces farmers to ponder the abyss 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Could coal-fired power station cooling towers, those curved chimneys that dominate landscapes across the UK, one day be considered 20th Century versions of the aqueduct? Cooling towers: Eyesores or sights for sore eyes? - BBC News 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z The resulting settlement provided the reservation with enough water to supply a city the size of Washington DC and $680m to build aqueducts and irrigation systems. A reservation town fighting alcoholism, obesity and ghosts from the past 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z "What we want to see is that aqueduct flowing," Patzert said. Massive El Niño gains strength, likely to drench key California drought zone 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The aqueduct will only account for about 3 percent of this year’s water because of the drought, said aqueduct manager Jim Yannotta. LA Aqueduct flows after dam built for drought is dismantled 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘But the columns, capitals and pediments that dominate the temple architecture, and the theatre, baths and aqueduct, were not forcibly imposed by the Romans.’ Tolerant and multicultural, Palmyra stood for everything Isis hates | Tim Whitmarsh 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z The aqueduct provides water to million people and vast farmland in the nation's most productive agricultural state. California land quickly sinking in drought forces farmers to make costly repairs to canals 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Lázaro, of the aqueduct board, said he was hopeful that an end to the drought was in sight. In Drought, Puerto Rico Rations Water, Setting Off a Collection Frenzy 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z An aqueduct, also made of brick, likely fed a water wheel that powered the mill, Jones said. Man embarks on mission to unearth history of SC mill 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z After some late spring rains, the department reversed course and said it would not send water to LA, but would dam the aqueduct and keep runoff in the Owens Valley. LA Aqueduct flows after dam built for drought is dismantled 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Vanorio says it looked familiar—very similar to the famous ancient Roman concrete, used to build aqueducts and the Colosseum. Roman Builders May Have Copied Volcanic "Concrete" 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z California gets 16 percent of its surface water—water that comes from snowpack, streams and rivers—from the Colorado River via two huge aqueducts. California's Drought Is Part of a Much Bigger Water Crisis 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z In just a few decades, planners would build not just aqueducts but the so-called sanitary greens that today we call parks, including Highbridge Park, on the Manhattan side of the bridge. The Town Shrink 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z He made no mention of the El Cercado dam and the aqueducts it was supposed to feed, but he promised 100 new wells for the province by 2018. Pipes to nowhere: Colombia village dying of thirst as corruption stalls dam project 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The aqueduct’s contribution to Los Angeles has diminished over time, given legal fights over the environment and greater reliance on the California Water Project and the Colorado River. LA Aqueduct flows after dam built for drought is dismantled 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Photograph: Paul Owen/The Guardian The bridge was originally composed of 15 stone arches, meant to resemble a Roman aqueduct. Bite of the Apple: New Yorkers can stroll once more along the city's oldest bridge 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z It spans the Harlem River on stone arches in the style of a Roman aqueduct, crossing from 173rd Street in Manhattan to 170th Street in the Bronx. A Stunning Link to New York’s Past Makes a Long-Awaited Return 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z By the 1960s, though, the aqueduct was no longer in use, and city planners, working to fight what was then called urban blight, decided to disconnect the boroughs. The Town Shrink 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Nearly 100 years ago, Lake Owens was drained by the Los Angeles aqueduct to quench the young city’s burgeoning thirst. What’s going on at California’s largest lake illustrates fight over water in West 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z For those in the Owens Valley, who have a history of conflict with the metropolis hundreds of miles to the south, the plugged-up aqueduct brought relief to some and misery to others. LA Aqueduct flows after dam built for drought is dismantled 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z The flooding destroyed the town’s aqueduct and even areas in less hazardous zones experienced flooding. At Least 52 Dead in Colombia After Flood and Mudslide Sweep Away Homes 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z The High Bridge made modern New York possible, the final link in an aqueduct that first carried pure water to Manhattan from upstate in 1842. A Stunning Link to New York’s Past Makes a Long-Awaited Return 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z A side benefit of High Bridge was the walkway above the aqueduct that allowed Bronx pedestrians to reach Manhattan. The Town Shrink 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z I saw what looked like a road or a hiking trail cut across the face of a steeply sloping forest of snow-dusted conifers; she explained that it was an aqueduct, dating to 1890. The Disappearing Colorado River 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Lake Mead in turn provides water to seven out of 10 Nevada residents, to a vast construct of aqueducts serving Arizona plantations and cities, and to help slate the seemingly insatiable thirst of southern California. Disappearing Lake Powell underlines drought crisis facing Colorado river 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z As severe drought continues to grip California, the DWP confirmed Thursday that it had dammed the aqueduct at Owens Lake in order to conserve meager Eastern Sierra snow runoff. L.A. getting no Owens Valley runoff for first time since 1913 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The federal and state pumping operations in the south delta that fill southbound aqueducts have profoundly altered the delta’s hydrology, disturbing the salinity patterns that native fish evolved with. Giant tunnels planned for delta 'must move forward,' Brown says 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z It is also an aqueduct, or used to be. The Town Shrink 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z I drove across the dam and up a winding dirt road, and at a locked gate I met Don Nash, who manages the desert portion of the aqueduct. The Disappearing Colorado River 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z That state of affairs can be traced back nearly half a century to construction of the largest aqueduct system in the US to deliver the Colorado’s water to central and southern Arizona. Disappearing Lake Powell underlines drought crisis facing Colorado river 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Usually, the aqueduct supplies Los Angeles with a third of its water. L.A. getting no Owens Valley runoff for first time since 1913 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Half the water for Los Angeles comes by aqueduct from the Owens Valley over 200 miles away, a diversion that began in 1913. ERNEST ISTOOK: Liberal water czars create 2015 Dust Bowl in Golden State 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z He connected the town to the Apulian aqueduct, providing the Sassi with running water, but the Fascists were stymied by the prospect of overhauling the caves. A Cave with a View 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z The dam, the aqueduct, and the pumping plant were all built in the nineteen-thirties by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The Disappearing Colorado River 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z That would threaten cities such as Las Vegas and the very existence farms fed by the Arizona aqueduct. Disappearing Lake Powell underlines drought crisis facing Colorado river 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z "That's because no dam is perfect, and a little bit of water seeps out, but there's not enough to actually make its way down the aqueduct." L.A. getting no Owens Valley runoff for first time since 1913 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z “We use water and the water flows from the mountains to the rivers and the aqueducts and out the faucets and out the bay.” Cities: California water reduction order unrealistic, unfair 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Turning off the aqueduct for the first time since the late 1950s means four of the city’s major reservoirs will be out of service temporarily. Workers dig deep to fix massive New York City water leak 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Altogether, there are five pumping stations, ninety-two miles of tunnels, and a hundred and forty-seven miles of open aqueducts, buried conduits, and siphons. The Disappearing Colorado River 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Their latest harebrained idea is the construction of a 360-mile aqueduct to siphon off more of our Missouri River water. Text of Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s State of the State address 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z The aqueduct would cost $18 billion and require $1 billion per year to operate, according to a draft report released this month. Kansas water officials seek big projects amid budget crunch 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z Army Corps of Engineers estimates that building an aqueduct to transport excess water from the river would take 20 years and cost $12.2 billion, plus $5.8 billion in interest. Study: $18B to divert Missouri River to irrigate farms 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z The aqueduct, which the city says is the longest continuous tunnel in the world, relies solely on pressure and gravity. Workers dig deep to fix massive New York City water leak 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z The Central Arizona Project is the largest and most expensive aqueduct system in the country. The Disappearing Colorado River 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Five to eight months later, they will reopen the aqueduct. Far, Far Below Ground, Directing Water to New York City Taps 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Those constraints make the largest proposed water project, the Kansas aqueduct, even more difficult to fathom, McGinn said. Kansas water officials seek big projects amid budget crunch 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z He estimated that, with the report showing that water from the aqueduct would cost farmers $450 per-acre foot in today’s dollars, it would cost upward of $90,000 to irrigate 100 acres of corn. Study: $18B to divert Missouri River to irrigate farms 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z The aqueduct is so leaky in one stretch through rural Wawarsing that New York City is buying dozens of homes above it that were plagued with flooded basements and squishy lawns. Workers dig deep to fix massive New York City water leak 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z “In civilization. In the aqueducts being built. To people landing on the moon and cures being found to disease.” Men’s rights activist Paul Elam: “If we want society to advance, we need to leave men alone to do their work” 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z This part of the aqueduct has been leaking up to 35 million gallons of water a day for decades. Far, Far Below Ground, Directing Water to New York City Taps 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z California is the land of milk and honey but it’s also the realm of hundreds of dams, canals, aqueducts and reservoirs. Fountains Of Solutions: Western Water And California Drought (Part 1) 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z The aqueduct, he said, “becomes a policy question. What do we want to see happen in the future? And how do we want to see it happen?” Study: $18B to divert Missouri River to irrigate farms 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z The work that will repair, rather than replace, the other leaky stretch is especially tricky because the aqueduct carrying half the city’s water will have to be shut down for six months starting in 2022. Workers dig deep to fix massive New York City water leak 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z The reservoir is connected to the water authority’s two aqueducts that receive water from its two main suppliers: the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Imperial Irrigation District. Biggest dam project in San Diego County history is complete 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z After the water has drained out, workers will connect each end of the new bypass tunnel to the older aqueduct, plug up the damaged portion permanently and make repairs elsewhere while they have the chance. Far, Far Below Ground, Directing Water to New York City Taps 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Existing dams, aqueducts and groundwater wells continue to provide great benefits to cities and industrial agriculture. The Past and Future of California's Water 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z My favorite example from 2,000 years ago is the aqueduct in Segovia, Spain, which is made from standardized rocks. How Will Biological Progress Transform the World? 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z It would apply to at least $22 billion of debt owed by public corporations including the electric authority, the aqueduct and sewerage authority and the highway authority. Puerto Rico Governor Aims to Revamp Debt of Public Corporations 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z In 1968, Congress authorized construction of the Central Arizona Project, a massive aqueduct serving Phoenix and Tucson, by passing the Colorado River Basin Project Act. Water war bubbling up between California and Arizona 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z There are hundreds of miles of subway caverns, commuter rail lines, subterranean streams, aqueducts, canals, utility tunnels and pedestrian passageways beneath the city, concealing colonial artifacts, homeless encampments, and decades of graffiti and folk art. Tunnel Vision But looked at from a different perspective, the aqueduct served as an immense nutrient pipeline. How New York City Grew Rich with Water [Excerpt] 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z For example, more 2,000 years ago Romans used the arch to give support for aqueducts and other large stone structures. Structural Science: How Strong are Eggshells? 2014-04-17T15:00:00Z It is often accompanied by a second condition, enlarged vestibular aqueduct syndrome. A Son’s Deafness Prompts a Scientific Journey 2014-04-14T17:54:32Z It is delivered to local agencies via a vast network of reservoirs, pipelines, aqueducts and pumping stations. Dry California cannot deliver water 2014-02-01T10:38:47Z Construction of the aqueduct was the moment at which “BC turned to AD” in Los Angeles, says Kevin Roderick, author of a book on the San Fernando Valley. The Los Angeles aqueduct: A hundred years of soggy tubes 2013-11-07T16:05:15Z Johnson is seen buying votes with regal grandiosity: here an aqueduct to green the desert for an Arizona Democrat, there an ambassadorship for an Illinois Republican’s chum. Lexington: Hey! Hey! LBJ! 2013-09-26T15:05:59Z “She had all these amazing stories and was an aqueduct ready to flow,” Bond said. A Parade Passing By? Not Likely 2013-08-30T22:18:22Z The turbid waters rushed more than 100 kilometres through an aqueduct from the Catskill Mountains to the Kensico Reservoir, the last stop before the slurry would have reached millions of taps. Forecasts turn tide on silt 2013-08-21T17:50:14.800Z The Egyptians had their pyramids, the Romans had aqueducts, Victorians their railways. Chained to the desk 2013-07-21T23:02:18Z As the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Los Angeles aqueduct approached, museums, journals and radio stations embarked on a commemorative craze. The Los Angeles aqueduct: A hundred years of soggy tubes 2013-11-07T16:05:15Z Aerial pictures of a Roman aqueduct show it built north of the wall and right next to a native settlement. Aerial photos 'could change history' 2013-04-19T05:57:40Z As pillars, domes, pools and aqueducts spring from today's ruins, we learn that the throne room was tucked in a vast complex of three palaces. Shards of a Reputation 2013-03-26T23:36:15Z The geometrical drawings were also extended to produce early versions of engineering drawings of mechanical devices such as projectiles, pulleys, aqueducts, gears, catapults, ramps, and various forms of hydrodynamical and land-based mechanical instruments. The Science and Art of the Diagrams: Culturing Physics and Mathematics, Part 1 2013-03-22T12:45:00.207Z Politicians, Mr. Pineda suggests, also prefer undertaking highly visible projects like aqueducts rather than replacing leaky pipes. Green Blog: When a Green Revolution Runs Out of Water 2012-12-05T14:41:13Z Thanks partly to that, the aqueduct’s role in watering Los Angeles is shrinking: in a typical year it provides just a third of the city’s water. The Los Angeles aqueduct: A hundred years of soggy tubes 2013-11-07T16:05:15Z The twin 35-mile tunnels would divert water from the Sacramento River just south of the state capital of Sacramento to the aqueduct system. California governor unveils ambitious water plan 2012-07-26T01:13:35Z But these hillside locations were also of great advantage for constructing massive buildings, fortified walls and aqueducts, because of to unlimited local supplies of limestone. Remarkable Creatures: ‘Nature’s Masons’ Do Double Duty as Earth’s Storytellers 2012-06-25T22:33:39Z Over the next week the flame will be taken to the summit of Snowdon, carried on the back of a Welsh cob horse and transported along an aqueduct on a hand-drawn boat. London 2012: Are the Olympics Welsh? 2012-05-24T15:26:59Z The farmers of the Owens Valley were actually dynamiting the aqueducts taking their water to Los Angeles, prompting the city to send in guards with machine guns to guard its infrastructure. Green Blog: The Water Fight That Inspired 'Chinatown' 2012-04-25T11:16:21Z A true son of the Roman aqueduct builders he was, and a brother of the electrical engineers. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z Its fountains and cascades were never to be silent, night or day, and the waters of the Eure were to supply them by means of a canal and aqueduct more than fourteen leagues in length. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Its separation from the mainland is caused by the Harlem River, which connects the Hudson and East Rivers, and is itself spanned by a bridge and the Croton aqueduct. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Beyond the city is a handsome bridge; beyond the bridge, part of the Campagna, with fragments of aqueducts; beyond the Campagna the chain of the Alps; on the left, the cascades of Tivoli. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Mulholland then sent dozens of armed guards to protect his aqueduct. Green Blog: The Water Fight That Inspired 'Chinatown' 2012-04-25T11:16:21Z For over a decade, leaks in an aqueduct that delivers about half of New York City’s drinking water have damaged dozens of homes in the town of Wawarsing and left yards perennially soggy. In Ulster County, Fury at New York City Over Muddy Creek 2012-03-30T02:25:53Z The aqueduct was there supported by magnificent arcades, and its entire cost, without counting purchase of land, was about nine millions of francs. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The bridge, in spite of its two hundred feet of height, did not appear as high as the aqueduct at M�rida, an effect due probably to the arches standing on stilts. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z On its summit are the remains of the aqueduct by which Caracalla carried water to his baths. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The property lay along the route of the aqueduct they hoped to build but also in the districts that could provide them with the political and economic power they needed to control more water. Green Blog: The Water Fight That Inspired 'Chinatown' 2012-04-25T11:16:21Z A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z And so, on a bridge of three arches, the canal was carried over the Irwell by the Barton aqueduct, thirty-nine feet above the river. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z And it has ruins of a very stately aqueduct standing in wheat and poppy fields. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z Over all the intermediate space were the houses and gardens, through which aqueducts and roads might be traced in converging lines towards the confused mass of edifices which formed the city of Rome. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z When 95 percent of the water rights along the river were in the hands of Mulholland’s department, an aqueduct some 233 miles long was built to take the water to the city. Green Blog: The Water Fight That Inspired 'Chinatown' 2012-04-25T11:16:21Z By no means: for after the Croton aqueduct, our own railway tunneling, and the Britannia tubular bridge, engineering difficulties have become obsolete. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z The lofty turrets command a wide view of the Campagna, the long aqueducts stretching past at a short distance, and forming a chain of noble arches from Rome to the mountains of Albano. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The castle built by Romans, Moors, Knights of Santiago, and bishops; the theater, the aqueduct, the bridge, the triumphal arch, and the baths show what it once was. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z Where the aqueducts, just about to enter the city, most nearly converge, and looking across the Campagna—which their arches only seem able to span—towards Albano and the hills, stands the Villa. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The aqueduct reminded me of him because he is said to have built it by his magic powers just as Virgil with the same black art constructed the Grotto of Posilipo. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z He represents her as raising the mountain or the tomb of Ninus; he ascribes to her the building of Babylon, its mighty walls and royal citadels, the aqueducts, and the great temple of Bel. The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) 2012-03-01T03:00:28.903Z By means of an old aqueduct, said to have been built by the Romans, it was provided with water from the Almond, the properties of which render it specially suited for bleaching. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Some of our little friends had accompanied us through the fields to the aqueduct, and when we took a final ramble through the town, many were the smiling greetings, "Buenas Tardes." Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z Artists may find a picturesque subject here in a pretty fountain, with a portion of the decaying aqueduct. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z I saw that pure water was brought to the harbor by a wooden aqueduct that crossed the valley on trestles, after the manner practiced in the California mining regions, and there called a flume. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The Water Resources Board proposed a massive network of aqueducts, tunnels, reservoirs and connections A year later, the board was disbanded and replaced by regional water management bodies. Why not pipe water from north to south? 2012-02-20T00:01:14Z Huelva was originally a Carthaginian trading-station, and afterwards a Roman colony; but it retains few memorials of its past, except the Roman aqueduct, repaired in modern times, and the colossal statue of Columbus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z With the towering Roman aqueduct on one side of the town and this Castle at the other, Segovia may claim to be one of the most picturesquely set cities in the world. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z The view, looking back upon Rome, or forward to the long line of broken arches of the Claudian aqueduct, seen between these ruined sepulchres, is most striking and beautiful. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Being at the time on the top of a precipice, urging on the work of the aqueduct, the news filled him with such ungovernable despair that he threw himself down and was killed. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z They took refuge in an aqueduct, where they concealed themselves till the people had dispersed, when they came forth once more, ascended the terrace, and gave the call to prayer. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z Advancing into the valley we again came to the Juniata, over which the canal is here carried by an aqueduct, supported by four pillars. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The diligence rattled down the precipitous streets of Segovia, passed under the towering aqueduct, "the devil's bridge" the peasantry call it, then mounted the swelling hills to the palace at San Ildefonso. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z It is on the rising ground between this aqueduct and the road, that the Temple of Fortuna Muliebris is believed to have stood. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z This must have been until recently a place of some local importance, as it is approached by a paved causeway, and had an aqueduct, now ruinous, carried over the river on three arches. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z A mechanical contrivance for scooping out earth to form channels for canals or aqueducts, which is said to have49 been much used in England, was also his invention. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z Over the Alleghany there is a covered bridge, 500 paces in length, which has, on each side, an additional covered footpath; and a covered aqueduct, of the same length, is likewise carried across the river. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z We climbed the steps that mount to the city beside the aqueduct, pausing again and again to look at the stupendous thing. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z Three inscriptions remain, the first relating to the building of the aqueduct by the Emperor Tiberius Claudius;—the second and third to its restoration by Vespasian and Titus. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z On the S. are immense covered tanks of Roman date, with remains of the aqueducts which supplied them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Rō′mist.—Roman architecture, a style characterised by the size and boldness of its round arches and vaults, &c.—baths, aqueducts, basilicas, amphitheatres, &c.; Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z The supply of water was sure, for the Spanish builders had constructed aqueducts which brought an abundance, like springs within the walls. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z But Helmeth had looked on the movement of history; what he saw in Italy was the path of armies, lines of aqueducts, old Roman roads to and from mines. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z In the adjoining vineyard are three arches of an aqueduct. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The aqueduct here, taken with the fine scenery around, forms an exceedingly picturesque object. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z XII shows the general design of the gravity scheme, which consists of a main tunnel 550 m. long and a concrete aqueduct, 1.06 m. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z Therefore a directly established truth is as much to be preferred to a truth established by demonstration as water from the spring is to water from the aqueduct. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z New towns were founded and old ones restored; new streets were laid out, and aqueducts, temples and magnificent buildings constructed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Nero, building his aqueduct to the palace of the C�sars, made use of this, which already existed, and included it in his line of arches. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z To cut tunnels through hills—to carry mounds across valleys—to build aqueducts over navigable rivers—were regarded then as wild and impracticable conceptions. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z There are 5 ventilating columns and 5 manholes on the aqueduct. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z Even the great, and often admired, subterraneous aqueduct, or Cloaca of ancient Rome is considered as belonging to this cyclopean architecture, remains of which exist also near Argos and in several other parts of Greece. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z A Roman aqueduct is still used to bring water to the town. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z The average daily consumption of water, which is brought from the river Ruhr by an aqueduct, is 24,700 cubic metres. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z Another engineer, at Brindley's desire, was called in to give an opinion as to a proposed aqueduct over the river Irwell. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Aqueduct.—The total length of the aqueduct, from the intake dam to the South Reservoir, is 18,700 m., made up as shown in Table 4. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z The city has a good water-supply, derived from springs and brought in through an aqueduct 8 m. long. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z After all, we’ve been moving water around since the beautifully designed Roman aqueducts, and even earlier. Zombie Water Projects (Just when you thought they were really dead...) 2011-12-07T21:22:50Z We soon found out our train was climbing, by the speed she made, up the great Etruscan Apennines we mount, now through a tunnel, then across a fine aqueduct. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z They promptly cut the aqueduct which supplied that city with water, and thereby caused not only great discomfort but something resembling panic among the inhabitants. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z The work in connection with this aqueduct was completed by December, 1908. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z A Roman aqueduct and the Roman foundations of the bridge built in 1758 across the Henares bear witness to its antiquity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z These mega-projects are certainly technically feasible: there’s no mystery to building dams, aqueducts, pumping plants, and pipelines. Zombie Water Projects (Just when you thought they were really dead...) 2011-12-07T21:22:50Z They irrigate where possible, carrying the canals over any ravine by means of rude aqueducts. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Puerto Principe was surrounded; the aqueduct was cut, and food was scarce and growing scarcer. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z Guide-books repeat—on whose authority I know not—that they are the remains of a Roman aqueduct. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z The marble aqueducts, The costly bridges, all were mine. The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z The ditches across the valleys are joined by aqueducts, and in other places, impassable rocks have to be cut away and forced to make room for troughs of hollowed-out logs. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z A splendid aqueduct, which has partly endured to this day, was constructed to bring a plentiful supply of water from the hills. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z A few years ago, the water of the Cochituate aqueduct at Boston became so offensive in smell and taste as to be quite unfit for use. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z The drive out was delicious, out of the Porta San Giovanni, the whole road lined with tombs, arches, ruined villas, always the aqueducts on one side, and the blue hills directly in front of us. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z The double roads on each side of these aqueducts which rested on open arches spanning massive pillars, afforded fine points for attack and defence. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z The major part refers to colour, taste, temperature, medicinal uses of water, descriptions of rivers, lakes, swamps, and aqueducts. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The aqueduct was extended by the Almohades in 1172, and forms one of the interesting monuments of the Roman and Arab colonisers. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z Many processes of internal improvement, such as aqueducts for the supply of great cities, railroad cuts and embankments, and the like, divert water from its natural channels, and affect its distribution and ultimate discharge. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Over it in two places were the ruins of aqueducts which carried water to the old city, and in one or two places it turns an overshot 200mill. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z The roads from the west ran along the sides of the aqueducts. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z It is not on the Green, for the aqueduct folks now hold the title. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z The ruins of the great aqueduct which brought the waters of the Siagnole, an affluent of the Siagne, to the town, can still be traced for a distance of nearly 19 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z Under the current proposed regulations, there are no buffers around New York's aqueducts. Insight: NY gas drillers' victory soured by tough new rules 2011-10-21T17:15:35Z They tried open storm; they endeavoured to bribe traitors within the city; they strove to creep along the bed of a disused aqueduct, as Belisarius had done a year before at Naples. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z The first assistant engineer of the New York aqueduct was to me at one time an object of astonishment. Seed Thoughts for Singers 2011-10-09T02:00:24.093Z For most of that distance the pipes were covered by the thick dust, till sufficiently far from the entrance to enable the occupants to defend the end of the aqueduct if necessary. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z |
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