Nikomedeia (İzmit) Suyolları
Nikomedeia (Izmit) Aqueducts

Summary/Abstract: The urban Nicomedeia, that was built 264 BC, had grown up in the Roman period and become a great metropole. Together with the developments like population growth and agricultural developments, the need for water increased and the urgency of mastering water to be able to efficiently use it, made start building of the monumental water works. As a consequence of the findings taken place in the urban Nicomedia, it was been discovered that it had 4 water lines. 23 aqueducts, 18 water conduits, 14 water springs, 2 water wells, 4 cisterns, 7 ventilation and control shafts pertaining to this water lines were been determined and documented. In the light of information acquired from the study of the water lines, the calculation of the inhabitant was been realized and found that these 4 water lines carrying water to Nicomedeia was capable of covering the water need of 174122 people.

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