Esparragalejo Dam

Esparragalejo Dam
LocationBadajoz province, Extremadura, Spain
Coordinates38°56′55.5″N 6°26′18″W / 38.948750°N 6.43833°W / 38.948750; -6.43833
Opening date1st century
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsAlbucia (Guadiana basin)
Height5.6 m
Length320.0 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]