Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-08-22 | Page 20 | Rome's Aqueducts Big

ROMES ROME'S AQUEDUCTS AQUEDUCTS Bl BIG BIGI Water Supply In old Da Day Was Varn 0 on I Great Gnat Scale The Romans were ware essentially a constructive con eon race highly educated and a people who under understood tood tho the principles of hydraulics Ancient Rome Home was Supplied supplied sup Sup- plied with water b by means of ot four aque ducts which delivered gallone gal gal- lone lons dually daily This quantity Is much In excess of modern demands and ancl to today the tho surplus water which still flows through the old oEd aqueducts is utilized 10 for electric light Professor Munro In an address before the engineering society of ot the sIt sity of Bristol England laid particular stress upon on the beautiful gateways and arches which tho the Romans nomans constructed whenever It was necessary for tor an aqueduct aqueduct aque- aque duct to tra traverse orae a t highway Of or the iv f supply for tor Rome Romo a depth of 42 Itoman Roman Ro- Ro man mites miles 3 la lay underground while two tort were above K ground