Esparragalejo Dam | |
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Location | Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain |
Coordinates | 38°56′55.5″N 6°26′18″W / 38.948750°N 6.43833°W |
Opening date | 1st century |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Albucia (Guadiana basin) |
Height | 5.6 m |
Length | 320.0 m |
Width (base) | 2.2 m |
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]