View Through the Aqueduct of Baghtche Keui (Bahcekoy) Constantinople-Point De Vue A Truvers L'Aqueduc De Baghtche Keul-Ausblick Durch Die Wasserleitung Bachtche Keui

Artist	William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854)
Engraver	James C. Redaway (Active 1818-1857)
Date	1839
Technique	Steel Engraving
Category	Ottoman Empire And Turkey
Source	The Beauties Of The Bosphorus (London Published For Proprietors By Geo. Virtue 26 Ivy Lane, 1839)

Description

The Bahçekoy Aqueduct (Aqueduct of Sultan Mahmut I), located in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul, was built by Mimar Sinan in 1731 by Sultan Mahmut I. The length of the aqueduct is 409 meters, its height is 27 meters, its width is 3.25 meters and 21 eyes. Water was supplied to Beyoglu, Beşiktas, Ortakoy, Galata, Kurucesme, Arnavutkoy and Kasımpasa from this aqueduct during the period it was built.