Alcantarilla Dam

Alcantarilla Dam
Location	Toledo province, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Opening date	1st century
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Guajaraz (Tajo basin)
Height	20 m (66 ft)
Length	>800 m (2,600 ft)
Width (base)	4 m (13 ft)?

The Alcantarilla Dam was a Roman gravity dam in Toledo province, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, dating to the 1st century AD.

See also

• List of Roman dams and reservoirs
• Roman architecture
• Roman engineering

References

• Arenillas, Miguel; Castillo, Juan C. (2003), "Dams from the Roman Era in Spain. Analysis of Design Forms (with Appendix)", 1st International Congress on Construction History [20th–24th January], Madrid

Further reading

• Hodge, A. Trevor (1992), Roman Aqueducts & Water Supply, London: Duckworth, pp. 87–89, ISBN 0-7156-2194-7
• Schnitter, Niklaus (1978), "Römische Talsperren", Antike Welt, 8 (2): 25–32 (29)
• Smith, Norman (1971), A History of Dams, London: Peter Davies, p. 48, ISBN 0-432-15090-0