Acueducto del Águila
| Date | 15 April 2014 | ||
| Location | Maro, Nerja, Andalucía, Spain | 36.75811011, -3.85003129 | |
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The Acueducto del Águila (Eagle Aqueduct) was built around 1880 to serve the irrigation needs of the sugar-cane plantation at the nearby Azucarera San Joaquín sugar mill. The four-tier brick-built structure spanning the Barranco de Maro (Maro Ravine) comprises 37 arches and is surmounted by a Mudejar-style spire with double-headed eagle weather vane. The aqueduct was damaged by shelling during the Spanish Civil War and in 2011 underwent a major programme of renovation. It is still in use today, carrying water for irrigation from Maro to neighbouring agricultural land.
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Acueducto del Águila
Acueducto del Águila
Acueducto del Águila
Acueducto del Águila
Acueducto del Águila
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unbelievable – it makes Victorian engineering look average, excellent sequence Graham
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Thanks, Scott. This structure is not as old as some people think – apparently it is often referred to as a ‘Roman’ aqueduct.
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A fascinating find. It is as if the creators of Noddy’s Toyland had decided to make an aqueduct. Super photos as always, really quite something! Are you sure this wasn’t an “Urbex Tours Ltd” package holiday?
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I think the colours were a bit more natural looking before restoration.
Not so much a package, as Industrial Tourism for the Independent Traveller™ 🙂
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Also: http://www.minube.com/fotos/rincon/83669/413246
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Ah, thanks for those links…now I understand. I guess the fierce glare of the sun will soon tone the brickwork down and it obviously needed to be repaired…even if it did look so much better before restoration! I like the sound of that tour company..:-)
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What a spectacular piece of functional engineering. I think I prefer the restored version, despite my fondness for all things knackered and tatty.
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It certainly is an impressive structure and seeing the fairly narrow channel that it carries makes you realise just how valuable a commodity water is.
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Very impressive – I think I like the vivid colours of the after restoration as well.
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Thanks for stopping by, Alex.
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