The aqueduct once carried water from a rushing river down a hill into one of the small towns of the Aztec.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Ksw3mAL89w/UG3sYG8fmrI/AAAAAAAAJQ0/QlqeuiLZBo4/s640/Aque+Larry+&+Martin+on+channel3.jpg, Oct 18, 2014) This was one of the two aqueducts that fed the great city, Tenochtitlan. This aqueduct had two channels. This stretched for miles across the lake and to springs to provide fresh water.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jJIY9ER7n3o/UIsu-S8Z77I/AAAAAAAAJZk/nx2tI2w87cI/s640/GT+plaza+plumbing.jpg, Oct 18, 2014) |