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°W / 39.429556; -3.654861 (Consuegra Dam)Coordinates: 39°25′46.4″N 3°39′17.5″W / 39.429556°N 3.654861°W / 39.429556; -3.654861 (Consuegra Dam)
Opening date	3rd–4th c.
Dam and spillways
Height	4.8 m
Length	>632.0 m
Base width	2.6 m
Impounds	Amarguillo (Tajo basin)

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

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), http://www.traianvs.net/textos/presas_in.htm#_ednref4 

Further reading

• García-Diego, José A.; Díaz-Marta, Manuel; Smith, Norman (1980), "Nuevo estudio sobre la presa romana de Consuegra", Revista de obras públicas 127 (3181): 487–505, http://ropdigital.ciccp.es/pdf/publico/1980/1980_junio_3181_02.pdf 
• García-Diego, José A.; Fernández Casado, Carlos (1983), "Estudio conjunto sobre la presa romana de Consuegra (I)", Revista de obras públicas 130 (3215): 491–502, http://ropdigital.ciccp.es/pdf/publico/1983/1983_julio_3215_01.pdf 
• García-Diego, José A.; Fernández Casado, Carlos (1983), "Estudio conjunto sobre la presa romana de Consuegra (II)", Revista de obras públicas 130 (3216): 585–599, http://ropdigital.ciccp.es/pdf/publico/1983/1983_agosto_3216_02.pdf 
• García-Diego, José A.; Fernández Casado, Carlos (1983), "Estudio conjunto sobre la presa romana de Consuegra (III)", Revista de obras públicas 130 (3217): 673–688, http://ropdigital.ciccp.es/pdf/publico/1983/1983_septiembre_3217_04.pdf 
• Díaz-Marta, Manuel; Mezquiriz, Maria Ángeles (1983), "Comentarios al estudio conjunto sobre la presa romana de Consuegra", Revista de obras públicas 131 (3223): 191–205, http://ropdigital.ciccp.es/pdf/publico/1984/1984_marzo_3223_05.pdf 
• Schnitter, Niklaus (1978), "Römische Talsperren", Antike Welt 8 (2): 25–32 (29) 

See also

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