The Spanish Acequias of San Antonio
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1595347062
ISBN-13
9781595347060
Publisher
Trinity University Press,U.S.
Imprint
Trinity University Press,U.S.
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 21st, 2010
Print length
106 Pages
Weight
184 grams
Product Classification:
City & town planning - architectural aspectsHistory of the AmericasHuman geographyLocal history
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Pioneering account of San Antonio's Spanish-era acequia system
This is the first book on the extensive Spanish-era acequia system that supplied water to San Antonio for nearly two centuries. Using techniques brought to Spain from North Africa by the Moors, this 50-mile system of acequias—irrigation ditches—used a variety of ingenious techniques such as hollowed logs, diversion dams and stone aqueducts to coax water from San Pedro Springs and the San Antonio River to homes and fields. It was perhaps the most extensive such network within the presentday United States. Just south of San Antonio, the Espada Mission acequia and its 1740s aqueduct have remained in continuous use.
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