Cornalvo Dam
The Cornalvo Dam is a Roman gravity dam in Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain, dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD. The earth dam with stone cladding on the water face is still in use.[1]
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Further reading
- Aranda Gutiérrez, Fernando (2006), Las presas de abastecimiento en el marco de la ingeniería hidráulica romana. Los casos de Proserpina y Cornalbo, http://traianus.rediris.es/pdfs/presas03.pdf
- Hodge, A. Trevor (1992), Roman Aqueducts & Water Supply, London: Duckworth, pp. 89f., 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, pp. 43f., ISBN 0432150900
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