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Ancient Roman water supply diagram (lemmy.world)
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[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

How did the Romans seal that apparatus? Cement? Even that would fail rather quickly

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 9 points 2 weeks ago

Lead Pipes: http://www.romanaqueducts.info/siphons/siphons.htm

Also some terracotta pipes, but not really clear how its sealed.

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