Aqueduct and fountains: what it changes for a pre-industrial city

Aqueduct and fountains: 2% fewer deaths in town.

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A city of 20,000 on a river, in a temperate forest

  • With it: 4,500 km² of countryside, 1.5 days by cart (strained)
  • Without it: 4,500 km² of countryside, 1.5 days by cart (strained)

Ages that know it

Antiquity, Early modern, 18th century

Other techniques

Heavy plough, Three-field rotation, Clover and turnips, Horse collar, Manure, Marl and lime, Night soil (town waste spread on the fields), Guano and nitrates, Irrigation, Watermills, Windmills, Coal, Metalled roads, Canals and locks, Ocean-going ships, Herring busses and salting at sea, Paper mill, Printing press, Gunpowder, Sewers, Filtered water, Vaccination

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