In the 1930s, workers bored a 13-mile tunnel beneath Mt. San Jacinto. Here's a look inside the engineering feat that carries ...

Sometimes, aqueduct engineers should carve a tunnel ... with silt or chipped-out calcium deposits left behind from hard water and then haul the buckets out. Pressurized pipe (inverted siphon ...

Ancient masters of engineering, aqueduct builders created a vast network of pipes, channels, and bridges to bring water to Rome, creating in the process an enduring symbol of Roman civilization ...

AICHER: The aqueducts were largely a gravity system. They had to keep the water at a certain level because if they lost that level, it was hard to get it back up again. So to maintain a slope ...

This 16 th century aqueduct is located between the states of Mexico and Hidalgo, on the Central Mexican Plateau. This heritage canal system encompasses a water catchment area, springs, canals, ...

In 1923 they began a four-year-long series of surveys to find the most feasible route for carrying water from Arizona to Los Angeles. As was the case with the Los Angeles Aqueduct (completed in ...

He wore a hard hat as he led a group to the gaping ... Within six years, another pipeline was built to transport water from the aqueduct south to San Diego. The influx of water fueled Southern ...