U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (2nd from L) watches with his wife Melania as Serena Williams of the U.S. plays against her sister and compatriot Venus Williams in their quarterfinals match at the U.S. Open Championships tennis tournament in New York, September 8, 2015.
(plural aqueducts). 1  An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another. 2  A structure carrying water over a river or depression, especially in regards to ancient aqueducts.
The Croton Aqueduct was a large, complicated water system that was engineered between 1837 and 1842 to provide New York City with a steady supply of clean water. Before the aqueduct system, New Yorkers got their water from cisterns, wells, natural springs, and other bodies of water.