Espada Aqueduct | |
 The Espada aqueduct as it crosses Piedras Creek. | |
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| Location | Espada Rd., E of U.S. 281S |
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| Nearest city | San Antonio, Texas United States |
| Coordinates | 29°18′16.4″N 98°28′10″W / 29.304556°N 98.46944°W |
| Built | 1731[1] |
| Part of | 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]
- ^ a b "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.