Water Delivery Strategies in Historic Rome
Water Delivery Strategies in Historic Rome Aqua Anio Vetus, the first raised aqueduct assembled in Rome, began providing the men and women living in the hills with water in 273 BC, even though they had relied on natural springs up until then. Outside of these aqueducts and springs, wells and rainwater-collecting cisterns were the lone technologies available at the time to supply water to locations of greater elevation. Starting in the sixteenth century, a newer approach was introduced, using Acqua Vergine’s subterranean sections to supply water to Pincian Hill. Pozzi, or manholes, were built at regular intervals along the aqueduct’s channel.
During the roughly nine years he owned the property, from 1543 to 1552, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi used these manholes to take water from the channel in containers, though they were previously designed for the objective of maintaining and maintaining the aqueduct. It appears that, the rainwater cistern on his property wasn’t sufficient to fulfill his needs. Fortunately, the aqueduct sat directly below his property, and he had a shaft opened to give him accessibility.
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This sort of water fountain doesn't need as much maintenance as others.
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