Dadford's bridge over the Usk collapsed in February 1795, when the river was in flood, and the fact that he had not built flood relief culverts into the embankments on either side of the bridge was deemed to have been a contributory factor in its failure.

A canal boat traverses the longest and highest aqueduct in the United Kingdom | UK, at Pontcysyllte Aqueduct | Pontcysyllte in Denbighshire, Wales

To cross a wide valley ( where the journey delay caused by a flight of locks at either side would be unacceptable ) the centre of the valley can be spanned by an aqueduct-a famous example in Wales is the Pontcysyllte aqueduct across the valley of the River Dee.

Aqueduct over the Mohawk River at Rexford, New York, one of 32 aqueduct s on the Erie Canal.

An elaborate system of eighteen canals brought water from the hills to Nineveh, and several sections of a magnificently constructed aqueduct erected by Sennacherib were discovered at Jerwan, about distant.

Emperor Trajan built a long aqueduct at the beginning of the 2nd century.

One of Telford's achievements on this project was the design of the cast-iron aqueduct at Longdon-on-Tern, pre-dating that at Pontcysyllte, and substantially bigger than the UK's first cast-iron aqueduct, built by Benjamin Outram on the Derby Canal just months earlier.

Leaving Milton Keynes at Wolverton, the canal runs on a high embankment before passing over the Great Ouse at Cosgrove " Iron Trunk " aqueduct.

The Pope set no limit to his plans, and achieved much in his short pontificate, always carried through at top speed: the completion of the dome of St. Peter's ; the loggia of Sixtus in the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano ; the chapel of the Praesepe in Santa Maria Maggiore ; additions or repairs to the Quirinal, Lateran and Vatican palaces ; the erection of four obelisks, including that in Saint Peter's Square ; the opening of six streets ; the restoration of the aqueduct of Septimius Severus (" Acqua Felice "); the integration of the Leonine City in Rome as XIV rione ( Borgo ).

The existing port at Porto Torres, which is almost wholly artificial, is based in great part on Roman foundations ; and there exist also the remains of a temple ( which, as we learn from an inscription, was dedicated to Fortune, and restored in the reign of Philip ), of thermae, of a basilica and an aqueduct, as well as a bridge over the adjoining small river, still called the Fiume Turritano.

The existing Aqua Claudia aqueduct was extended to supply water to the area and the gigantic bronze Colossus of Nero was set up nearby at the entrance to the Domus Aurea.

The arch is seen in aqueducts, especially in the many surviving examples, such as the Pont du Gard, the aqueduct at Segovia and the remains of the Aqueducts of Rome itself.

The lower platform also houses a fountain ( known as al-Kas ), originally supplied with water via a long narrow aqueduct leading from pools at Bethlehem ( colloquially known as Solomon's Pools ), but now supplied from Jerusalem's water mains.

This copy of a Relief # Bas-relief or low relief | bas relief from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal ( 669 – 631 BC ) at Nineveh shows a luxurious garden watered by an aqueduct.

Loba Capitolina at the foot of the aqueduct.

The number of colonists was increased by Mark Antony, Augustus ( who constructed an aqueduct from the Mons Tifata and gave the town of Capua estates in the district of Knossos in Crete valued at 12 million sesterces ) and Nero.

This is the only archaeological find with an inscription mentioning the name " Pontius Pilatus "; a double aqueduct that brought water from springs at the foot of Mount Carmel ; a boundary wall ; and a 200 ft ( 60 m ) wide moat protecting the harbour to the south and west.

A small aqueduct drains into the Great Courtyard, which may have irrigated a garden at one time.

The aqueduct passes the Water Treatment Works at Kempton Park, which used to be connected to Hampton via the Metropolitan Water Board Railway.

The seven-mile-long Roanoke Rapids Canal trail starts at the Roanoke dam and ends roughly a mile after passing the historic aqueduct.

The result was particularly evident in the extraordinary design of a reinforced-concrete aqueduct for a hydroelectric power plant in Sebeș, Transylvania, which Milanković designed at the beginning of his career.

The aqueduct is long with three arches built of Bath Stone, with Doric pilasters, and balustrades at each end.

Major structures for which he was responsible include the fourteen locks on the Monmouthshire Canal at Rogerstone, the embankment at Gilwern which enables the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal to cross the River Clydach and a four-arched stone-built aqueduct which carries the same canal over the River Usk at Brynich.

Two miles ( 3. 2 km ) below Brecon, the canal crosses the River Usk on an aqueduct at Brynich, and a final lock brings the total rise to 68 ft ( 20. 7m ).

An aqueduct is a bridge that carries water, resembling a viaduct, which is a bridge that connects points of equal height.

Travelling south from Kingswood Junction, the first aqueduct is the modest Yarningale Aqueduct which carries the canal over a small stream near Preston Bagot, Warwickshire.

* Pontcysyllte Aqueduct – is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee in Wrexham in north east Wales.

Another aqueduct carries the canal over the River Ceiriog at Chirk, and there are tunnels nearby at Whitehouses, Chirk, and Ellesmere.

The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (, full name in ) is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee in Wrexham County Borough in north east Wales.

After Nantwich basin, a long sweeping embankment incorporating an aqueduct carries the canal across the main A534 Nantwich-Chester road.

It carries water and merges with the original aqueduct near the Cascades, visibly located on the east side of the Golden State Freeway near the junction of State Route 14.

Attilius and Corelia dig their way through the aqueduct tunnel, which the springs are beginning to fill — which carries a high risk of drowning.

Every sump pound needs somewhere to discharge the surplus water, and in this case, a large viaduct and aqueduct immediately to the south of Cosgrove Lock carries the canal over the River Great Ouse, which serves that function.

After passing under the M42 motorway, an aqueduct carries the canal over the River Blythe, before it turns to the west near Solihull.

A large aqueduct carries the canal over the River Tame, after which it is bordered by the houses and factories of Tamworth.

The aqueduct was constructed between 1939 and 1945, and carries approximately half of the New York City water supply of per day.

An aqueduct built in 1826 carries the Grand Canal over the River Barrow.

The aqueduct at Sandholme Farm, which carries the canal over a drainage ditch which was already in existence when the canal was built, is largely constructed from red bricks, and has three segmental arches.

Chirk Aqueduct is a high and long navigable aqueduct that carries what is now the Llangollen Canal across the Ceiriog Valley near Chirk, on the England-Wales border.

The Perry aqueduct, which carries the canal over the river, was the scene of a major breach in 1936, which led to the canal closing.

This project involved the replacement of Ynysbwllog aqueduct, which carries the canal over the river Neath, with a new plate girder structure, believed to be the longest single-span aqueduct in Britain.

At the bottom of the flight, the canal and a minor road crossed the River Meese on the Forton aqueduct, before passing under a skew bridge which carries the road over the canal.

Double Arch over Sing Sing Kill, Ossining ( village ), New York | Ossining, from a 1907 postcard ; upper arch carries the aqueduct, the lower one carries a local street

As multiple leaking problems were surfacing with the aqueduct that carries the Welland River underneath the old alignment, it was decided to control the problem by drilling intentional holes in the aqueduct.