It is hard to believe that some of the water in Rome today is still provided by the ancient Roman aqueducts. An aqueduct is a massive, stone structure in the form of many arches stacked on top of one another. It is typically elevated and acts as a channel for water to flow from a remote source to a populated city or industrial site. The aqueducts were built all over the Roman Empire ranging from Germany to as far south as Africa. In the actual city of Rome, there were eleven aqueducts which supplied more than 300 million gallons of water every day! A special thank you to this page, http://www.inforoma.it/feature.php?lookup=aqueduct, where I found most of this information.
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