The Gadara Aqueduct was an Roman aqueduct to supply water to the city of Gadara, modern-day Jordan. The 170 km long pipeline was constructed in the qanat technology, that is as a series of well-like vertical shafts, which were connected underground from opposite sides by gently sloping tunnels. The longest section featured a length of 94 km, the longest known tunnel from antiquity.^[1] Partly following the course of an older Hellenistic aqueduct, excavation work arguably started after a visit of emperor Hadrian in 129-130 AD. The Gadara Aqueduct was never quite finished, and was put in service only in sections. It was discovered and explored as late as 2004.

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• Mathias Döring: "Wasser für Gadara. 94 km langer Tunnel antiker Tunnel im Norden Jordaniens entdeckt", Querschnitt, Vol. 21 (2007), pp. 24–35
• Mathias Döring: "Roman Water Systems in Northern Jordan", Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on the History of Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering in the Mediterranean Region (Ephesus, Okt. 2004), Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut, Sonderschriften, Vol. 42 (Leuven, 2006), pp. 237–243
• Mathias Döring: "Wasser für Gadara. Römische Fernwasserleitung im Norden Jordaniens, Wasserwirtschaft, H. 8 (2007), pp. 21–25
• Mathias Döring: "Qanat Firaun. 106 km langer unterirdischer Aquädukt im nordjordanischen Bergland, Schriften der Deutschen Wasserhistorischen Gesellschaft, Vol. 10 (2008), pp. 1–16
• Mathias Döring: "Wasser für die Dekapolis. Römisches Wasserversorgungssystem im Norden Jordaniens", Schriften der Deutschen Wasserhistorischen Gesellschaft, Vol. 5, pp. 183–212

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• Decapolis

[edit] External links

• Spiegel Online International: Rome's tremendous tunnel. The Ancient World's Longest Underground Aqueduct

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