The pipes are usually built of lead, which is costly, but the material can handle strong water pressure. When aqueduct engineers have to cross shallow depressions in the landscape, they should ...

So if you can imagine that general floor to ceiling height in a residential house is 9 feet … it’s quite a big pipe.” A construction worker inside the Washington Aqueduct. (Courtesy Army ...

The project — which is critical for protecting water security for over 650,000 residents in the event of an earthquake — includes the installation of 2.2 miles of 72-inch steel pipe running ...

The temporary shutdown this week of a stretch of the Delaware Aqueduct in upstate New York, which carries water from the Catskill region, means the city will be more reliant on reservoirs in the ...

An aqueduct is a pipe, a tunnel or any form of structure constructed to convey water from a source to a distant distribution point. Currently, there are 3 aqueducts connecting the La Mesa ...