![Mission Espada Aqueduct, San Antonio, Texas - a dam, irrigation ditch, and aqueduct built from 1740-45 by Franciscan mi… | San antonio tx, Texas travel, San antonio Mission Espada Aqueduct, San Antonio, Texas - a dam, irrigation ditch, and aqueduct built from 1740-45 by Franciscan mi… | San antonio tx, Texas travel, San antonio](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/77/bb/61/77bb61f684b46531ae3ca71ae767262d.jpg)
Mission Espada Aqueduct, San Antonio, Texas - a dam, irrigation ditch, and aqueduct built from 1740-45 by Franciscan mi… | San antonio tx, Texas travel, San antonio
![The Espada Acequia, or Espada 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 The Espada Acequia, or Espada 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](http://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:pnp:highsm:28600:28628/full/pct:25/0/default.jpg)
The Espada Acequia, or Espada 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
![Mission Espada Aqueduct - El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail (U.S. National Park Service) Mission Espada Aqueduct - El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail (U.S. National Park Service)](https://www.nps.gov/elte/learn/photosmultimedia/images/14-mission-espada-aqueduct_556.jpg?maxwidth=1300&maxheight=1300&autorotate=false)