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The Fildami open-air reservoir

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Aerial View For the final three days of the project we conducted survey at the Fildami open-air reservoir near Bakirkoy. Dr Tülay Egil of Istanbul Archaeological Museum carried out the only previous study of this structure in 1968 while overseeing the removal of the earth obscuring the east face of the structure (Firatli, 1969, 192; Ergil, 1974).
Plan of Fildami

Plan and elevations of the Fildami reservoir, produced using a Leica TCR307 Reflectorless Total Station

A comprehensive photographic record was produced and marked with control points which were then surveyed, thus providing us with an archive from which detailed elevation drawings of each façade can be produced using rectified photographic processing.
exterior elevation

interior elevation

Fildami TowerWe also undertook a detailed investigation of the piezometric tower in order to determine its functionality and a series of plans and sections were produced. GPS control points were established and the structure was tied into our master survey grid of Thrace.

 

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2000 Report Index

 The Anastasian Wall
 • Southern Sector
• the Büyük Bedesten
The Aqueduct System
• Reconnaissance
• the Fildami Reservoir
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