San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (ID78003147)
NRHP reference No.
66000809
Significant dates
Added to NRHP
October 15, 1966[1]
Designated NHL
July 19, 1964[2]
Designated CP
October 6, 1975[3]
The Espada Acequia, or Piedras Creek Aqueduct, was built by Franciscan friars in 1731 in what is now San Antonio, Texas, United States. It was built to supply irrigation water to the lands near Mission San Francisco de la Espada, today part of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. The acequia is still in use today and is an National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark and a National Historic Landmark.[4]
^ ab"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^"Espada Aqueduct". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 12, 2009. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
^Texas Historic Atlas
^"S.A.'s Acequia System Gets Landmark Tag by Engineering Society". San Antonio Express. August 27, 1968. p. 26.
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separately as part of the World Heritage Site. Mission San Francisco de la Espada'sacequia and aqueduct can still be seen today. The main ditch continues to carry...
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in the Canary Islands) in America. He was also the architect of the EspadaAcequia, consisting of an aqueduct and seven gravity-flow canals to irrigate...
Acequia Park is located in the city of San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas. There are picnic tables and restrooms, but alcohol is not allowed in the...
several parks along its banks to include the Acequia Park, Espada Park and the Mission San Francisco de la Espada. The highway also passes near the western...
Retrieved September 6, 2012. "Espada Aqueduct". San Antonio Conservation Society. Retrieved September 5, 2012. "Acequia Park". San Antonio Conservation...
River Walk was extended by several miles to extend from Downtown to Mission Espada which is on the city's south side. This addition (named the "Mission Reach")...
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Historic Site Yturri-Edmunds Historic Site Cessioned properties Acequia Park Aztec Theatre Espada Aqueduct The Granary at Mission San José Heidgen-Zilker House...
Historic Site Yturri-Edmunds Historic Site Cessioned properties Acequia Park Aztec Theatre Espada Aqueduct The Granary at Mission San José Heidgen-Zilker House...
Historic Site Yturri-Edmunds Historic Site Cessioned properties Acequia Park Aztec Theatre Espada Aqueduct The Granary at Mission San José Heidgen-Zilker House...
Historic Site Yturri-Edmunds Historic Site Cessioned properties Acequia Park Aztec Theatre Espada Aqueduct The Granary at Mission San José Heidgen-Zilker House...
channels, as well as the introduction of new technologies such as the acequias and Islamic gardens (such as at the Generalife). In Spain and Sicily, the...
Historic Site Yturri-Edmunds Historic Site Cessioned properties Acequia Park Aztec Theatre Espada Aqueduct The Granary at Mission San José Heidgen-Zilker House...
Presidio San Antonio de Bexar, the bridge that connected both, and the Acequia Madre de Valero. The families who clustered around the presidio and mission...
along the historical course of the river in San Antonio, including Mission Espada, Mission Concepcion, Mission San José, and Mission San Juan Capistrano....
Historic Site Yturri-Edmunds Historic Site Cessioned properties Acequia Park Aztec Theatre Espada Aqueduct The Granary at Mission San José Heidgen-Zilker House...
connects to a section of the 18th century Acequia Madre de Valero. That 1718 initial phase of a 45-mile acequia irrigation system was laid out among the...
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