Water Transport Strategies in Early Rome

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Water Transport Strategies in Early Rome With the construction of the very first elevated aqueduct in Rome, the Aqua Anio Vetus in 273 BC, folks who lived on the city’s foothills no longer had to rely entirely on naturally-occurring spring water for their needs. If residents residing at higher elevations did not have accessibility to springs or the aqueduct, they’d have to be dependent on the other existing technologies of the time, cisterns that accumulated rainwater from the sky and subterranean wells that received the water from below ground. Starting in the sixteenth century, a unique method was introduced, using Acqua Vergine’s subterranean sections to provide water to Pincian Hill. Pozzi, or manholes, were built at standard stretches along the aqueduct’s channel. During the roughly 9 years he had the residential property, from 1543 to 1552, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi used these manholes to take water from the network in containers, though they were actually designed for the goal of maintaining and maintenance the aqueduct. It appears that, the rainwater cistern on his property wasn’t enough to fulfill his needs. To provide himself with a much more practical way to obtain water, he had one of the manholes exposed, providing him access to the aqueduct below his residence.

The First Fountains

The First Fountains The water from rivers and other sources was originally provided to the occupants of nearby communities and cities via water fountains, whose design was primarily practical, not artistic. A supply of water higher in elevation than the fountain was necessary to pressurize the movement and send water spraying from the fountain's spout, a system without equal until the later part of the 19th century. Inspirational and impressive, large water fountains have been built as monuments in nearly all cultures. Simple in style, the first water fountains didn't appear much like contemporary fountains. Designed for drinking water and ceremonial functions, the very first fountains were simple carved stone basins. The first stone basins are presumed to be from around 2000 B.C.. The very first civilizations that used fountains relied on gravity to drive water through spigots. Situated near aqueducts or creeks, the functional public water fountains provided the local citizens with fresh drinking water. The Romans began creating decorative fountains in 6 BC, most of which were bronze or stone masks of animals and mythological characters. The people of Rome had an elaborate system of aqueducts that provided the water for the numerous fountains that were placed throughout the community.