2006-11-28 09:11:40 · 5 answers · asked by sumesh p 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
The oldest dam still in use is in Orontes in Syria, and was built in 1300 BC.
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2006-11-28 09:18:15 · answer #1 · answered by pkababa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The history of dams has been traced to about 2900 BC when a 49-ft (about 15m) high masonry structure was built on the Nile at Kosheish to supply water to King Menes' capital at Memphis. Evidence exists of a masonry-faced earthen dam built about 2700 BC at Sadd-el-Kafara, about 19 miles (about 30.5 km) south of Cairo. This dam failed shortly after completion when it was overtopped by a flood in the absence of a spillway. The oldest dam still in use is a rock-fill structure about 20 ft (6.1m) high on the Orontes in Syria, built about 1300 BC.
That would make it about 3300 years old.
2006-11-28 09:15:07 · answer #2 · answered by CanTexan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Orontes River in Syria is impounded by Lake Homs Dam, the oldest in the world.
2013-10-28 19:49:06 · answer #3 · answered by Alex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I visited a place named Polonnoruwa in the northeast of Sri Lanka where there were water reservoirs about 700 years old in working order.
2006-11-28 11:37:00 · answer #4 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
20000
2016-05-22 23:15:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋