Possibly linuxcake to [email protected]English • 5 months agoThis is a real thing in the Netherlandslemmy.zipimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1301
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•5 months agoIt’s called an aquaduct and was invented by the Romans. But yeah.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink30•edit-25 months agoIsn’t an aqueduct the other way round? Like transporting water from a natural river, and not building a water bridge of an existing river over a road? Honest question, because I only associated it with providing water for cities and not to provide boats with pathways.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•5 months agoOriginally, yes. But these days, not exclusively
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•5 months agoyes it was, it only transported fresh water to towns
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilink5•5 months agoIt’s a tunnel. It’s just shorter than most.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoOh shit yeah that’s the way to think of it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink19•5 months agoBut yeah. Petty condescending comment, and you’re not even right.
minus-squarePossibly linuxcakeOPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoI hear the ancient Egyptians invented Christmas
It’s called an aquaduct and was invented by the Romans. But yeah.
Isn’t an aqueduct the other way round?
Like transporting water from a natural river, and not building a water bridge of an existing river over a road?
Honest question, because I only associated it with providing water for cities and not to provide boats with pathways.
Originally, yes. But these days, not exclusively
yes it was, it only transported fresh water to towns
like a reverse sewer
It’s a tunnel. It’s just shorter than most.
Oh shit yeah that’s the way to think of it.
But yeah. Petty condescending comment, and you’re not even right.
Aquaduct
Confidently incorrect
I hear the ancient Egyptians invented Christmas