The Romans absolutely used this technique.
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With lead seals in the pipes and aqueduct.
Geniuses, It took us almost 2000 years to figure out how to get that lead airborne.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.
He may have killed more people than hitler. Lead is now believed to be a significant cause of heart disease
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/lead-exposure-and-heart-disease-2019040516296
He determined it could be used as a anti knock additive to satisfy some general motors exec who didn't want to use alcohol as a ping inhibitor because of? You guessed it, cost
The auto industry determined in the 50's that lead was a poison. But it took until the 70's for politicians to do anything about it. prop airplanes use fuel that has lead in it to this day.
Which was totally fine as long as the water wasn’t acidic, which mobilizes the lead
Writing this from Flint MI
In a cave, with a box of scraps!
Why did the guy in charge of this use a giant bridge instead of the bottom method? Is he stupid?
Digging used to be much more expensive, and calculating pressure much dicier. The Romans used the pressure method over short distances, with reliable piping (noting that pipes under high pressure would need to be sealed with earth or concrete), but over large distances, it was easier just to make a giant-ass water bridge and ensure it was sturdy.
Plumbing engineer here. Digging is still fucking expensive.
I dug like an 8 inch hole next to my walkway the other day and it took like 5 hours and I didn’t accomplish what I wanted.
But that's the life of a plumbing engineer. When he's not drowning in pussy.
When it comes to DIY I'm not touching anything remotely similar to something Colin Furze would make a video about.
So far that rule of thumb seems to hold up quite well.
Oh please, I dug a 6 inch wide, 1 foot deep hole yesterday and outside of the cost of the shovel it cost me nothing. People these days just don't want to work /s
Digging is hard and if it leaks, finding / repairing the leaks is harder.
Have you ever dug a ditch? It's fucking hard!
Because this post is inaccurate, the Romans used both techniques.
What have the Romans ever done for us?