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Roman Eifel Aqueduct

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The Roman Eifel Aqueduct, also known as the Roman Canal, was a structure of antiquity and ranks among the longest aqueducts of the entire Roman Empire. It supplied the Roman city of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, modern-day Cologne, with spring water from the Eifel region.

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Around 80 AD, the Eifel Aqueduct was constructed in the northern Eifel to provide the growing Roman metropolis of Cologne with a supply of drinking water. An older aqueduct, the Vorgebirgsleitung, built around 30 AD, no longer met the city's needs. The new aqueduct, built from opus caementitium and masonry, stretched over 95 kilometers and could transport up to 20,000 cubic meters of water daily.

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