Important
notes:
1 - You shouldn't log your visit
to an aqueduct if you've already logged the same spot as a "find"
on another (similar) cache.
2 - This cache is for aqueducts destinated to transport water to
cities/comunities or irrigation, not to carry boats or boatable
whether they're Americans, Romans, Europeans, Mayans, etc... - For
that kind of aqueducts, please, log Your "find" in the
GC9A0E locationless cache.
The model for this cache is
"Aqueduto das Águas Livres" (Free Waters Aqueduct) in Lisboa,
Portugal (see picture below).
As one aqueduct can be logged only once in this cache, this one
can't be logged again.
Here, is its
history:
The
"Aqueduto
das Águas
Livres", today not active, was built by
demand of King John V
and took more than one hundred years to be
built requiring the efforts of three sovereigns: King John V,
King Joseph I and Queen Mary I. The aqueduct was built
to supply water to the Lisbon fountains,
according to a project by "Manuel da
Maia"; it supplied water to
the city since 1748 to 1967. With 14km
long from the main spring and with several secondary aqueducts in a
total of 58 km, it supplied a net of fountains in the
city. The channels to convey the water run
along underground or aerial channels, ventilated by 137 skylights,
on a total of 127 arches. The
aqueduct has, in its most monumental part, a set of 35 arches,
by "Custódio
Vieira", over the
"Alcântara"valley,
whose arch with the biggest opening in the
world looks impressive, with 65 meters high and 32 meters
wide. Having supplied the capital
with water for many decades, the impressive monument is now one of
the most beautiful sights of Lisbon. It is even included in
the «Guiness Book» for having the tallest stone pointed
arch.
The
hunt:
Search for
an ancient aqueduct, collect its history if possible,
take photos with your GPSr in one of
them and record the
coordinates.
Locationless
cache requirements apply: One find per
geocacher, each location can be logged only once. Check
if "your" aqueduct wasn't logged before.
Try this
Coordinate Distance Calculator, by
Boulter (replace with your coords).
Good hunt and
bring us memories of water and stone!
Don't forget:
"Cache in, trash out" and
Leave No
Trace
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