Measured drawings of the emissarium of Lake Albano, Castel Gandolfo: two transverse sections, looking downstream (above) and looking upstream (below)
Artist/Photographer | Hardwick, Thomas (1752-1829) |
Country | Italy |
City | Castel Gandolfo |
Subject Date | 1777 |
Image Date | 1777 |
View | Interior |
Style | Roman |
Medium | Drawing |
Library Reference | SC53/14(2) |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Dams ; Waterworks |
NOTES: The emissarium, a very early Roman work, is a tunnel cut through the solid rock of the rim of the crater lake of Albano maintaining a constant water level.
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