The Spanish Acequias of San Antonio Witte Museum and graceful and accurate detailed

and graceful and accurate detailed drawings by Servando G

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The Spanish Acequias of San Antonio Witte Museum and graceful and accurate detailedThis 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 acequiasirrigation ditchesused 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