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CHAPTER XXX
STREETS. WATER SYSTEM, AND WAYSIDE SHRINES
The streets of Pompeii vary greatly in width. The widest
is Mercury Street, the continuation of which near the Forum
Fig. 97. —View of Abbondanza Street, looking east.
At the left, fountain of Concordia Augusta, and side entrance of the Eumachia building.
In the pavement, three stepping stones.
has a breadth of nearly 32 feet. Next come Abbondanza
and Nola streets, the greatest width of which is about 28
feet; the other streets and thoroughfares vary from 10 to 20
feet. With unimportant exceptions, broad and narrow streets
alike are paved with polygonal blocks of basalt, which in laying
were fitted to one another with great care ; on both sides are
STREETS. WATER SYSTEM, AND WAYSIDE SHRINES
The streets of Pompeii vary greatly in width. The widest
is Mercury Street, the continuation of which near the Forum
Fig. 97. —View of Abbondanza Street, looking east.
At the left, fountain of Concordia Augusta, and side entrance of the Eumachia building.
In the pavement, three stepping stones.
has a breadth of nearly 32 feet. Next come Abbondanza
and Nola streets, the greatest width of which is about 28
feet; the other streets and thoroughfares vary from 10 to 20
feet. With unimportant exceptions, broad and narrow streets
alike are paved with polygonal blocks of basalt, which in laying
were fitted to one another with great care ; on both sides are