The Tawila Tanks - Aden Tanks (Aden City)

Yemen / Aden / Aden City
 place with historical importance, interesting place, water supply - to be replaced, storage tank
The Tawila Tanks, also known as 'Aden Tanks', the 'Cisterns', 'Queen of Sheba Tanks' or 'Solomon's Tanks', are located at the head of Tawila Valley in the southwest sector of Crater. They are considered one of the greatest historical engineering feats in South Arabia, likely built and developed during the rules of Banu Zuraia’, the Roulades, the Tahirides and the Ottomans and mentioned in the ancient Al- Musnad inscriptions. However, not much is accurately known of their history.

The system of tanks were designed both to collect the scarce rain water and divert run off to protect the city of Crater in case of heavy rains and sweeping floods. They were excavated out of solid rock and lined with a thick coat of fine stucco, resembling marble. However, at some unknown point in time the tanks became completely buried, filled with stones and soil washed down from the mountain slopes by the rains.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cisterns_of_Tawila
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Coordinates:   12°46'28"N   45°1'45"E

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