Aqueduc de Roquefavor #2
by Hugh Smith
Title
Aqueduc de Roquefavor #2
Artist
Hugh Smith
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
The aqueduct is located near Aix-en-Provence
The idea of the aqueduct was first envisaged by Adam de Craponne, an engineer from Salon de Provence, in 1565. After the drought of 1834 and the subsequent cholera epidemics, the idea resurfaced.[4] Maximin-Dominique Consolat (1785-1858), who served as the Mayor of Marseille from 1832 to 1843, championed the idea. He hired engineer Jean François Mayor de Montricher (1810–1858) to design it. Construction took six years, from 1841 to 1847 It took 5,000 labourers, including 300 stone-cutters, and it cost 3,800,000 French francs. It is 83 metres high, 375 metres long, and the foundations are 9 to 10 metres deep.
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March 20th, 2016
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