引水道

上水道（）指的是用来导引水流的人造通道。有些是純粹用來輸送用水，有些則是用來使船隻運行其中。英语的词也可以特指高架渠（渡槽），为高架桥形式的上水道。

最早的引水道見於西元前14世紀的邁錫尼文明，當時構造極為簡單，成熟複雜的引水道為西元前312年左右的羅馬引水道，引水供浴場、噴泉、私人住宅之用。

參考文獻 
 Sextus Julius Frontinus, De Aquaeductu Urbis Romae  (On the water management of the city of Rome), Translated by R. H. Rodgers, 2003, University of Vermont

 Aqueduct entry from Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition

外部連結 

 Website about aqueducts
 Imperial Rome Water Systems 
 Roman Aqueducts Today
 600 Roman aqueducts with 25 descriptions in detail 
 Lacus Curtius entry on Roman waterworks
 Aqueducts of Hampi (in the ancient capital of Vijayanagara)
 Photos of Segovia (Spain) and of one of the most famous Roman aqueducts  
 Traianus - Technical investigation of Roman public works

https://www.rome.info/ancient/aqueducts/ 
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