Esparragalejo Dam
Location	Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain
Coordinates	38°56′55.5″N 6°26′18″W / 38.948750°N 6.43833°W / 38.948750; -6.43833
Opening date	1st century
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Albucia (Guadiana basin)
Height	5.6 m
Length	320.0 m
Width (base)	2.2 m

The Esparragalejo Dam was a Roman multiple arch buttress dam at Esparragalejo, Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain. Dating to the 1st century AD, it is the earliest known multiple arch dam.^[1]

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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, retrieved 29 December 2018 – via TRAIANVS
James, Patrick; Chanson, Hubert (2002), "Historical Development of Arch Dams. From Roman Arch Dams to Modern Concrete Designs", Australian Civil Engineering Transactions, CE43: 39–56
Schnitter, Niklaus (1978), "Römische Talsperren", Antike Welt, 8 (2): 25–32
Schnitter, Niklaus (1987), "Die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Pfeilerstaumauer", in Garbrecht, Günther (ed.), Historische Talsperren, Stuttgart: Verlag Konrad Wittwer, pp. 57–74, ISBN 3-87919-145-X

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Spain	Alcantarilla Dam Almonacid de la Cuba Dam Consuegra Dam Cornalvo Dam Ermita de la Virgen del Pilar Dam Esparragalejo Dam Iturranduz Dam La Pared de los Moros Muel Dam Proserpina Dam Puy Foradado Dam
Syria	Harbaqa Dam Lake Homs Dam
Other countries	Band-e Kaisar Dara Dam Glanum Dam Kasserine Dam Subiaco Dams