REPAIR WORKS AND CONSOLIDATION

1. REPAIR WORKS AND CONSOLIDATION

2. Segovia Aqueduct repair works and consolidation. Dated 1970 - 1974.

3. Before the project started, we developed a whole structure detailed inspection.

4. This hut was in very bad conditions. The moat was padded of brashes, inhabited, with electric power entrance and then whitewashed.

5. This is the way it look, after restoration was completed.

6. In the mid-20th century was placed on the coronation a pipeline, between brick small walls. It covered straw, to protect it from Frost.

7. All the walls and pipes, were disassembled.

8. The U shape pipes took the water from the aqueduct.The structure was made in time of Felipe V,King of Spain,.

9. Once the walls are removed, the structure contour is festooned. The rest of the wall disappears from the direct line. The disproportionate, in the upper part is more harmonious.

10. Blinded arch.When it was discovered, they found out that it was a water canal that went to the reservoir.

11. Once the aqueduct was restored, it´s image was improved.The aqueduct goes along, in 90º degree angle.

12. The missing ashlars, were taken out to place them, in the aqueductcoronation, some centuries ago.

13. The Romans did not finish the construction.For some reason, there are little information about it´s antiquity. Irresponsible restorers, disassembled these pieces and they placed them back, in the aqueduct above the superior arches.

14. When they built the Azoguejo square, the construction team, dug too much leaving the overdraft outside foundation. In most parts, the foundation is laid on gneiss and granite rock.

15. Protecting the pile: Small concrete pieces were placed there and picked up with a "zuncho".

16. Here we can see the sky, between two pieces.

17. To sew the broken ashlars, we used some, they were made by diamonds drillsmouths.

18. These holes are threaded brass bulones placed and fixed with resin epoxi. If they were made of iron, that could cause breaking the ashlar. Oxidation and humidity are stress.Wool it´s used to retain, the extra injected mortar.

19. Once they are covered cement made of mortar and granite sand, make it look like the original stone.

20. The "enjutas" of the arches were stuffed to avoid holes movements from.It was made with mortar, to better preserve the isostatic stone.

21. All the joints from the second level, were made waterproof with elastic resins to avoid episodes like this one.

22. Disassembling a piece from the upper level, appeared at a highet of seven stories with *opus signinum * (isolation material to transport water). That piece is not Roman and confirms that they didn't finish it. The pieces in U of the current small canal come from the King Felipe V.

23. These pieces are missing from the cartela, also are missing in all the arches, of the first floor.

24. In the central part, the pieces were restored and there you can see the cartelas, where the Roman inscriptions were made.

25. In this arch, there was an ogival piece. Pieces are small and they are located in great disorder.

26. This reconstruction is a very refined one made with small ashlars.Ashlars have the dated, when they that were made.

27. In a moonless night, the street lights have the legend “SIGLO” (CENTURY) 19.It seems that they erased, the Roman nomenclature.

28. The stonemasons marks are found in the lean stones or in the arch interiors.They look like foreign currencies, used for cattle breeding.

29. This San Sebastián’s carving, was burnt by fires. It was moved to Segovia museum.In that niche the symbol would be Hercules' statue or boar, very abundant in those times.

30. This Carmen's Virgin carving was placed May 21, 1520. It was made by Antonio de Jardina, ensayador of Currency House.

31. © Aurelio Ramírez Gallardo