Puy Foradado Dam

Puy Foradado Dam
Location Zaragoza province, Aragon, Spain
Coordinates 42°17′08″N 1°12′38″W / 42.28556°N 1.21056°W / 42.28556; -1.21056Coordinates: 42°17′08″N 1°12′38″W / 42.28556°N 1.21056°W / 42.28556; -1.21056
Opening date 2nd or 3rd century
Dam and spillways
Impounds Riguel River (Ebro basin)
Height 2.0 m
Length 56.0 m
Width (base) 1.0 m

The Puy Foradado Dam was a Roman arch-gravity dam in Zaragoza province, Aragon, Spain, dating to the 2nd or 3rd 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


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