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The Esparragalejo Dam was a Roman multiple arch buttress dam at Esparragalejo, Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain. Dating to the 1st century AD, it is the earliest known multiple arch dam.

See also

• List of Roman dams and reservoirs
• Roman architecture
• Roman engineering

Notes

1. Schnitter 1978, p. 29; Schnitter 1987, pp. 60, table 1, 62; James & Chanson 2002; Arenillas & Castillo 2003

References

• Arenillas, Miguel; Castillo, Juan C. (2003), "Dams from the Roman Era in Spain. Analysis of Design Forms (with Appendix)", 1st International Congress on Construction History , Madrid, retrieved 29 December 2018 – via TRAIANVS
• James, Patrick; Chanson, Hubert (2002), "Historical Development of Arch Dams. From Roman Arch Dams to Modern Concrete Designs", Australian Civil Engineering Transactions, CE43: 39–56
• Schnitter, Niklaus (1978), "Römische Talsperren", Antike Welt, 8 (2): 25–32
• Schnitter, Niklaus (1987), "Die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Pfeilerstaumauer", in Garbrecht, Günther (ed.), Historische Talsperren, Stuttgart: Verlag Konrad Wittwer, pp. 57–74, ISBN 3-87919-145-X

v t e List of Roman dams and reservoirs
Portugal	Muro Dam Roman Dam of Belas Roman Dam of Fonte Coberta Roman Dam of Pego da Moura
Spain	Alcantarilla Dam Almonacid de la Cuba Dam Consuegra Dam Cornalvo Dam Ermita de la Virgen del Pilar Dam Esparragalejo Dam Iturranduz Dam La Pared de los Moros Muel Dam Proserpina Dam Puy Foradado Dam
Syria	Harbaqa Dam Lake Homs Dam
Other countries	Band-e Kaisar Dara Dam Glanum Dam Kasserine Dam Subiaco Dams

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