The Esparragalejo Dam was a Roman multiple arch buttress dam at Esparragalejo, Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain. Dating to the 1st century AD, it is the earliest known multiple arch dam.[1]
^Schnitter 1978, p. 29; Schnitter 1987, pp. 60, table 1, 62; James & Chanson 2002; Arenillas & Castillo 2003
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