IOL CAESAREA (Cherchel)
| aqueduct ID: | 10 |
|---|---|
| name: | IOL CAESAREA |
| modern name: | Cherchel |
| other names (Mod/Clas): | Caesarea de Mauretanie |
| aqueduct name: | South gate aqueduct |
| country: | Algeria |
| age: | Roman |
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| length (km): | |
| dimension WxH (m): | 0.11 x 0.11 |
| volume (m³/day): | |
| mean gradient (m/km): | |
| Destination | Town |
| Construction elements | |
| notes: | Starting point are galleries in a doline near the south gate. Two branches inside the wall circuit also provided water. The systems uses a terracott pipe on the floor of the galleries, water probably emerged at a nymphaeum (Leveau 1976; 31-3) |
| RefCode | title | authors | year | pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chanson2000a | Hydraulics of Roman Aqueducts: steep chutes, cascades and dropshafts | Chanson, H | 2000 | |
| Chanson2001a | An experimental study of Roman dropshaft hydraulics | Chanson, H | 2001 | |
| Fabre1992 | The Pont du Gard, Water and the Roman town | Fabre, G, Fiches, J-L, Leveau, P, Paillet, J-L | 1992 | |
| Front3 | Die Wasserversorgung antiker Städte Band 3: Römische Anlagen nördlich der Alpen | 1993 | ||
| Gsell1901 | Les monuments antiques de l'Algérie Vol 1 | Gsell, S | 1901 | |
| Gsell1911 | Atlas Archéologique de l'Algérie, 1911 reprint 1973 | Gsell, S | 1911 | |
| Hodge1992 | Roman Aqueducts and Water Supply | Hodge, A T | 1992 | |
| Leveau1976 | L'Alimentation en eau de Caesarea de Maurétanie | Leveau, P, Paillet, J-P | 1976 | |
| Leveau1983 | L´alimentation en eau et développement urbain à Caesarea de Maurétanie | Leveau, P, Paillet, J-P | 1983 | |
| Talbert2000 | Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World | Talbert, R J A | 2000 | |
| Wikander2000 | Handbook of Ancient Water Technology | Wikander, Ö | 2000 |