Need help for pre-industrial mega infrastructure

[Accelerator]

I've been reading up on the old worlds stuff. Aqueducts. Quants. Wells.

Any good books on this kind of things? Large scale infrastructure or building that makes life easier for everyone?

[gomipile]

Quants.


Do you mean by this the use of barges for transport over water? I don't know if I've ever heard or seen the term used this way, but it seems that quant is a synonym for punt, which I have heard. So that's the closest guess I have for what you mean.

[hamishspence]

Maybe they mean qanats?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qanat

[DavidSh]

I think Accelerator probably means "qanat", a form of underground aqueduct used in the Middle East, possibly invented in ancient Persia. Transliteration from Arabic script is often uncertain.

[gomipile]

Well, in that case: Barges on canals and natural waterways are a good example of the sort of infrastructure the OP seems to want.

The books of William R. Corliss seem to be well liked, but I haven't had any experience with them myself. In particular, the OP may be interested in Ancient Infrastructure: Remarkable Roads, Mines, Walls, Mounds, Stone Circles by William R. Corliss.

[halfeye]

If you need wells then a shadoof is probably one of the ways you can use it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadoof

[Accelerator]

Well, in that case: Barges on canals and natural waterways are a good example of the sort of infrastructure the OP seems to want.

The books of William R. Corliss seem to be well liked, but I haven't had any experience with them myself. In particular, the OP may be interested in Ancient Infrastructure: Remarkable Roads, Mines, Walls, Mounds, Stone Circles by William R. Corliss.
Goddamn it. Amazon only has paperback.