Aqueduct Gallery

The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

The fantastic Pontcysyllte Aqueduct near Wrexham. Designed by Thomas Telford and William Jessop and finished in 1805, the aqueduct is the longest and highest aqueduct in Britain, carrying the Llangollen canal 126ft above the River Dee. The structure was awarded UNESCO World Heritage Site status in June 2009

© Mary Evans Picture Library

Gosauzwang aqueduct in Goisern, Upper Austria, 1822

The aqueduct called the Gosauzwang in Goisern, Upper Austria, 1822. It conveys brine from the Hallstadt salt mine to the boiling houses at Ischl and Ebensee. Acquedotto. Taken from Alexandre de Laborde's Voyage pittoresque en Autriche, 1822. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1844

© Florilegius

Hama, Syria, Bridge over Orontes River and Giant Waterwheels

Hama, Syria - Great Bridge over the El-Assi (Orontes) River and the Giant waterwheels. The city is renowned for these seventeen norias, which locals claim date back to 1100 BC. Though historically used for purpose of irrigation of the ornamental gardens, the norias exist today as an almost entirely aesthetic traditional show. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection