Esparragalejo Dam

Esparragalejo Dam
Location Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain
Coordinates 38°56′55.5″N 6°26′18″W / 38.948750°N 6.43833°W / 38.948750; -6.43833Coordinates: 38°56′55.5″N 6°26′18″W / 38.948750°N 6.43833°W / 38.948750; -6.43833
Opening date 1st century
Dam and spillways
Impounds Albucia (Guadiana basin)
Height 5.6 m
Length 320.0 m
Width (base) 2.2 m

The Esparragalejo Dam was a Roman multiple arch buttress dam at Esparragalejo, Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain. Dating to the 1st century AD, it is the earliest known dam of its kind.[1]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Schnitter 1978, p. 29; Schnitter 1987, pp. 60, table 1, 62; James & Chanson 2002; 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
  • James, Patrick; Chanson, Hubert (2002), "Historical Development of Arch Dams. From Roman Arch Dams to Modern Concrete Designs", Australian Civil Engineering Transactions, CE43: 39–56
  • Schnitter, Niklaus (1978), "Römische Talsperren", Antike Welt, 8 (2): 25–32
  • Schnitter, Niklaus (1987), "Die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Pfeilerstaumauer", in Garbrecht, Günther, Historische Talsperren, Stuttgart: Verlag Konrad Wittwer, pp. 57–74, ISBN 3-87919-145-X


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