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• Parts of the Via Appia Antica are closed to traffic on Sundays, and the stretch running south from the Tomb of Cecilia Metella, lined with crumbling graves and tall umbrella pines, and parallel to an aqueduct, is one of the finer archaeological walks in the world. The Road from Ravenna
• The neighbourhood, however, is interesting enough on account of the curious aqueducts for supplying the town with water, and the Mercede forest which, in D'Urville's opinion, might more justly be called a coppice, for it contains nothing but shrubs and ferns. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century
• The aqueduct begins at Chadwell Spring, near Ware in Hertfordshire, and is soon joined by a cut from the River Lea.
• The card is an old picture of what appears to be a Roman aqueduct - a bridge over a river.
• Neruda called the site "high city of laddered stone / finally resident of what is earthly" in perhaps his fine poem, "Alturos de Macchu Picchu." 140 stone structures comprise the site, along with terraced outcroppings for farming irrigated by an intricate system of fountains and aqueducts fed by underground springs. Meg Waite Clayton: Exploring Machu Picchu 100 Years After Hiram Bingham
• Although the main span of the aqueduct was torn down when the Key Bridge was built in 1923, the old abutments remain on both the D.C. and Virginia sides. Little-known infrastructure
• From soaring aqueducts, deep tunnels and locks, to weathered stone showing signs of towing lines, some well-known, others not, the network offers visitors an evolving museum on their doorsteps.
• What magical places then, these cities, wells and aqueducts – constantly producing an infinite amount of drinkably, bathably, washably clean water, just turn on the faucet! Water
• Within 18 months, the casino, which will be known as Resorts World New York, will have 4,525 machines, two restaurants and a skybridge connecting it to the A train's stop at the Aqueduct. Casino Plan Clears Final Hurdle
• the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains