Consuegra Dam

Consuegra Dam
Location	Toledo province, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Coordinates	39°25′46.4″N 3°39′17.5″W / 39.429556°N 3.654861°WCoordinates: 39°25′46.4″N 3°39′17.5″W / 39.429556°N 3.654861°W
Opening date	3rd or 4th century
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Amarguillo (Tajo basin)
Height	4.8 m
Length	>632.0 m
Width (base)	2.6 m

The Consuegra Dam was a Roman buttress dam in Toledo province, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, dating to the 3rd or 4th century AD.^[1]

See also

• List of Roman dams and reservoirs
• Roman architecture
• Roman engineering

Notes

1. Arenillas & Castillo 2003

References

• Arenillas, Miguel; Castillo, Juan C. (2003), "Dams from the Roman Era in Spain. Analysis of Design Forms (with Appendix)", 1st International Congress on Construction History [20th–24th January] (Madrid)

Further reading

• García-Diego, José A.; Díaz-Marta, Manuel; Smith, Norman (1980), "Nuevo estudio sobre la presa romana de Consuegra" (PDF), Revista de obras públicas 127 (3181): 487–505
• García-Diego, José A.; Fernández Casado, Carlos (1983), "Estudio conjunto sobre la presa romana de Consuegra (I)" (PDF), Revista de obras públicas 130 (3215): 491–502
• García-Diego, José A.; Fernández Casado, Carlos (1983), "Estudio conjunto sobre la presa romana de Consuegra (II)" (PDF), Revista de obras públicas 130 (3216): 585–599
• García-Diego, José A.; Fernández Casado, Carlos (1983), "Estudio conjunto sobre la presa romana de Consuegra (III)" (PDF), Revista de obras públicas 130 (3217): 673–688
• Díaz-Marta, Manuel; Mezquiriz, Maria Ángeles (1983), "Comentarios al estudio conjunto sobre la presa romana de Consuegra" (PDF), Revista de obras públicas 131 (3223): 191–205
• Schnitter, Niklaus (1978), "Römische Talsperren", Antike Welt 8 (2): 25–32 (29)