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Show Italian Aqueduct Longest in W orld The Apulian aqueduct building in Italy will be, when completed, ihe longest in the world, though not of the greatest capacity. Several of the provinces which form the regions known as Apulia and Basilicata have suffered through the ages from lack of water; and their geographical position posi-tion and geological formation are such that the only remedy lay in bringmg water to them from the western side of the Apennines. A law providing for the construction of the aqueduct was enacted in 1902 ; and the work was begun in 1905 according ac-cording to plans prepared by Italian engineers. The undertaking entailed the building of a main aqueduct about 140 miles long, of which over sixty miles had to be carried through the Apennines in tunnels. From the main aqueduct spreads a network of subsidiary sub-sidiary branches having a total length of one thousand miles. This will carry water to five provinces nnd supply the needs of two and one-half million people. Compressed Air Magazine. |