Muel Dam

The Muel Dam was a Roman gravity dam in Zaragoza province, Aragon, Spain, dating to the 1st century AD [1]. The resulting reservoir in Muel, fed by the Huerva River, was created during the time of Augustus in the early 1st century [1]. Materials from a nearby quarry were used for its construction [1]. The dam was abandoned around the 3rd century due to natural siltation, during a period of urban decline in the middle Ebro valley [1]. The lake impounded by the wall has completely silted up to the top of the wall over the centuries, ensuring the preservation of the structure's lower portion [1]. The dam was academically described for the first time in 1957 by Manuel Pellicer [1].