Lamas Aqueduct is a Roman aqueduct in Mersin Province, Turkey
Location
The source of the watercourse is Limonlu River also known as Lamas River at an altitude of approximately . It is directed to south west in parallel to Mediterranean coast. The average distance between the coast and the aqueduct is about . The original aqueduct ends by the ancient
Elaiussa Sebaste (modern Ayaş), but a supplementary aqueduct reaches to
Corycus (modern Kızkalesi).
The total length of the aqueduct is more than .
History
The first section of the watercourse up to Elaiussa Sebaste was built by the
Roman Empire in the 1st or 2nd centuries. After Elaiussa Sebaste's decline, the
Byzantine Empire extended the watercourse to Corykos in the 5th or 6th centuries.
Construction
Part of the watercourse is through open channels or galleries in the peneplane area south of
Taurus Mountains. The galleries have windows for maintenance. But most of the watercourse is actually a series of seven aqueducts over the fields and the roads . To ensure a stable flow in the aqueduct the aqueduct has a constant slope between Limonlu River and Corykus. The cross sectional area of the aqueduct is about high by wide.
See also
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List of aqueducts in the Roman Empire
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List of Roman aqueducts by date
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Ancient Roman technology
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Roman engineering
