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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 multiple arch dam.[1]

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

See also

• List of Roman dams and reservoirs
• Roman architecture
• Roman engineering

Notes

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, retrieved 29 December 2018 – via TRAIANVS
• 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 (ed.), Historische Talsperren, Stuttgart: Verlag Konrad Wittwer, pp. 57–74, ISBN 3-87919-145-X

На других языках

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[de] Esparragalejo-Staudamm

Der Esparragalejo-Staudamm war eine römische Vielfachbogenstaumauer in Esparragalejo in der Extremadura (Spanien). Das im 1. Jahrhundert n. Chr. errichtete Bauwerk gilt als die älteste Staumauer dieses Typs.[1]

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- [en] Esparragalejo Dam

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