Consuegra Dam

Consuegra Dam
Location Toledo province, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Coordinates 39°25′46.4″N 3°39′17.5″W / 39.429556°N 3.654861°W / 39.429556; -3.654861Coordinates: 39°25′46.4″N 3°39′17.5″W / 39.429556°N 3.654861°W / 39.429556; -3.654861
Opening date 3rd or 4th century
Dam and spillways
Impounds Amarguillo (Tajo basin)
Height 4.8 m
Length >632.0 m
Width (base) 2.6 m

The Consuegra Dam was a Roman buttress dam in Toledo province, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, dating to the 3rd or 4th century AD.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Arenillas & Castillo 2003

References

  • Arenillas, Miguel; Castillo, Juan C. (2003), "Dams from the Roman Era in Spain. Analysis of Design Forms (with Appendix)", 1st International Congress on Construction History [20th–24th January], Madrid

Further reading

  • García-Diego, José A.; Díaz-Marta, Manuel; Smith, Norman (1980), "Nuevo estudio sobre la presa romana de Consuegra" (PDF), Revista de obras públicas, 127 (3181): 487–505
  • García-Diego, José A.; Fernández Casado, Carlos (1983), "Estudio conjunto sobre la presa romana de Consuegra (I)" (PDF), Revista de obras públicas, 130 (3215): 491–502
  • García-Diego, José A.; Fernández Casado, Carlos (1983), "Estudio conjunto sobre la presa romana de Consuegra (II)" (PDF), Revista de obras públicas, 130 (3216): 585–599
  • García-Diego, José A.; Fernández Casado, Carlos (1983), "Estudio conjunto sobre la presa romana de Consuegra (III)" (PDF), Revista de obras públicas, 130 (3217): 673–688
  • Díaz-Marta, Manuel; Mezquiriz, Maria Ángeles (1983), "Comentarios al estudio conjunto sobre la presa romana de Consuegra" (PDF), Revista de obras públicas, 131 (3223): 191–205
  • Schnitter, Niklaus (1978), "Römische Talsperren", Antike Welt, 8 (2): 25–32 (29)


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