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API RP 2A
API RP 2A is the American Petroleum Institute's recommended practice for planning, designing, and constructing fixed offshore platforms, first issued in 1969 and used as the basis for US regulation in federal waters.
Apollodorus of Damascus
Apollodorus of Damascus (Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Δαμασκηνός) was a Greek engineer and architect active c. AD 98–125, Trajan's chief military engineer, credited with Trajan's Forum and a bridge over the Danube.
Apostolic Palace
The Apostolic Palace, also called the Vatican Palace, is the pope's official residence in Vatican City, housing the Sistine Chapel, the Raphael Rooms, and the Borgia Apartment.
Apple Park
Apple Park, also called Apple Campus 2, is Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California, a 175-acre campus with a circular glass main building opened in April 2017.
Applications of NATM and drill-and-blast excavation
Applications of NATM and drill-and-blast excavation cover tunnels too short or geologically difficult for a tunnel boring machine, including caverns, stations, cross passages, and squeezing fault zones.
Apse
An apse is a semicircular or polygonal recess at the end of a building, most often a church's east end, typically housing the altar under a half-dome.
Apsley House
Apsley House, known as "No. 1 London," is a town house at Hyde Park Corner built by Robert Adam in 1771–1778 and home to the Duke of Wellington.
Aqua Alexandrina
The Aqua Alexandrina (Italian: Acquedotto Alessandrino) was the last of ancient Rome's great aqueducts, built in 226 AD by Emperor Alexander Severus to feed his baths.
Aqua Alsietina
The Aqua Alsietina, also called Aqua Augusta, was a Roman aqueduct built by Augustus in 2 BC to supply his Naumachia with unwholesome lake water.
Aqua Anio Novus
Aqua Anio Novus (Anio Novus) was one of the eleven aqueducts of ancient Rome, begun by Caligula in 38 CE and completed by Claudius in 52 CE.
Aqua Anio Vetus
Aqua Anio Vetus, the second aqueduct of ancient Rome, was begun in 272 BC to carry water from the river Anio into the city, running almost entirely underground.
Aqua Antoniniana
Aqua Antoniniana, Roman aqueduct branch of the Aqua Marcia built by Caracalla around 213 AD to supply the Baths of Caracalla, crossing the via Appia on the Arch of Drusus; its identification with the Aqua Alexandrina is debated.
Aqua Appia
The Aqua Appia was the first aqueduct of ancient Rome, built in 312 BC during the censorship of Appius Claudius Caecus, carrying spring water into the city almost entirely underground.
Aqua Augusta (Naples)
The Aqua Augusta, also called the Serino Aqueduct, was a Roman aqueduct built under Emperor Augustus to supply eight or nine towns around the Bay of Naples.
Aqua Claudia
The Aqua Claudia was an ancient Roman aqueduct begun by Caligula in 38 AD and completed by Claudius in 52 AD, carried on some of Rome's tallest arches.
Aqua Julia
The Aqua Julia (Aqua Iulia) was a Roman aqueduct completed by Agrippa in 33 BC, carrying water about 22 kilometers from the Alban Hills into Rome.
Aqua Marcia
The Aqua Marcia was an ancient Roman aqueduct built between 144 and 140 BC by Quintus Marcius Rex, the longest of Rome's aqueducts at about 91 km.
Aqua Tepula
Aqua Tepula was an ancient Roman aqueduct built in 125 BC, the sixth of Rome's aqueducts, carrying tepid spring water from the Alban Hills into the city.
Aqua Traiana
The Aqua Traiana was a Roman aqueduct inaugurated by Emperor Trajan in 109 AD, carrying spring water from Lake Bracciano to Rome's Transtiberim district and Janiculum Hill.
Aqua Virgo
The Aqua Virgo is a Roman aqueduct completed by Agrippa in 19 BC, the only one of Rome's aqueducts still supplying the city, feeding the Trevi Fountain.
Aqualia
Aqualia is a Spanish water management company that operates the urban water cycle under concession contracts, majority owned by FCC with IFM Investors, serving about 45 million users.
Aqueduct (bridge)
An aqueduct bridge, or navigable aqueduct, is a water bridge carrying a canal over a river, road, or valley so boats can cross above the obstacle.
Aqueduct (water supply)
An aqueduct is a conduit that carries water from a source to a distant city by gravity along a gentle slope, as in ancient Rome's system.
Aqueduct at Castellum Tingitanum
Aqueduct at Castellum Tingitanum: an unnamed Roman aqueduct serving Castellum Tingitanum, modern Chlef (El Asnam, Orléansville), Algeria; cataloged in ROMAQ and Barrington Atlas 30 B4; ancient name unknown.
Aqueduct at Vorgium
Aqueduct at Vorgium: two Gallo-Roman aqueducts (11 km, 1st century; 27 km, from about 180 AD) supplying Vorgium, capital of the Osismes at Carhaix-Plouguer, Finistère, France, with up to 6,000 m³ of water daily.
Aqueduct Bridge (Potomac River)
The Aqueduct Bridge, also called the Potomac or Alexandria Aqueduct, spanned the Potomac between Georgetown and Rosslyn, carrying Chesapeake and Ohio Canal boats to Alexandria from 1843.
Aqueduct east of Djebel Zid
Aqueduct east of Djebel Zid, Pleiades place 315606, a Roman aqueduct near Djebel Zid in northern Tunisia, eastern-most of three aqueducts tied to centuriation north of Segermes, dated 30 BC to AD 640.
Aqueduct of Kavala
The Aqueduct of Kavala, known in Greek as the Kamares, is a two-tiered stone aqueduct about 270 m long at Kavala, Greece, rebuilt by the Ottomans in 1520–1530.
Aqueduct of Querétaro
The Aqueduct of Querétaro is an 18th-century Spanish colonial aqueduct in Querétaro, Mexico, whose 1,280-meter arcade of 74 stone arches carried spring water to the city's fountains.
Aqueduct of Segovia
The Aqueduct of Segovia (Acueducto de Segovia) is a Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain, built under Trajan or Hadrian to carry water from the Frío River.