The Main Water Canal

The Main Water Canal (HM2DWB)

Location: Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro 76000
Country: Mexico
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N 20° 35.25', W 100° 23.767'

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La Acequia Madre

 La Acequia MadreLa Acequia madre de la ciudad de Santiago de Querétaro se comenzó a construir desde fines del sigio XVI como un canal de tierra zanjada derivado del río Querétaro. Esta Acequia, constituye el primer proyecto hidráulico para abastecer de agua limpia a las huertas, casas y conventos de la naciente ciudad novohispana. En sus origenes la acequia debió ser un canal a cielo abierto en donde solamente algunas atarjeas y datas estuviéron construidos con cal y piedra. Probablemente hacia el año 1616 la acequia había 1ogrado su mayor extensión, cruzando diagonalmente la ciudad en sentido noreste hacía suroeste alcanzando los terrenos del barrio del Espíritu Santo. En este lugar años despues fue construide el Real Colegio de Niñas de Santa Rosa de Viterbo, en cuyo huerto atraviesa la Acequia Madre.De los 30 metros de acequia aquí mostrados, se pueden observar dos sistemas constructivos. El más antiguo es un canal con muros mampostería y tapa de lajas de cantera rosa, siendo sus dimensiones interiores 90 centímetros de ancho por l.15 metros de altura. A continuación se encuentra el mismo canal de mampostería



pero ahora cubierta por una bóveda de cañón corrido fabricada con dovelas irregulares de cantera rosa. Las dimensiones en este tramo son diferentes 65 centímetros de ancho por 1.25 metros de altura. Sobre esta bóveda fue encontrada uña pequeña tina ovalada
forjada con ladrillo y bruñida en su interior, misma que desagua a la misma acequia.Pie de dibujos:Canal con muros mampostería y tapa de lajasCanal cubierto por una bóveda de cañón corrido
English translation:The Main Water Canal Construction on the Main Water Canal for the city of Santiago de Querétaro began at the end of the 16th century as a simple earthen ditch coming from the Querétaro River. This water canal was the first hydraulic system to supply clean water to the gardens, houses and convents of the nascent city of New Spain. Originally the ditch must have been an open-air canal where only a few branching, smaller canals and other openings were built with lime and stone. Probably around the year 1616 the canal had reached its greatest extension, diagonally crossing the city flowing from the northeast towards the southwest, reaching the lands of the Holy Spirit Neighborhood. In this place years later was built the Royal College of Girls of Santa Rosa de Viterbo, where the Main Water Canal crosses what was once its large garden. Of the 30



meters of the water canal shown here, you can see two construction systems. The oldest is a channel with masonry walls and a cover of slabs of pink quarried stone, its interior dimensions being 90 centimeters wide by 1.15 meters high. The second system is the same masonry channel but covered by a continuous barrel vault made of irregular pink quarried blocks. The dimensions in this section are different as it is 65 centimeters wide by 1.25 meters high. Above this vault was found a small oval-shaped tub made of brick and burnished in its interior, draining to the same water canal. Captions: The canal with walls of masonry and quarried stone slabs as a cover The canal covered by a continuous barrel vault
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Placed ByInstituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) y otras organizaciones
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Date Added Monday, January 28th, 2019 at 7:01pm PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)14Q E 354497 N 2277119
Decimal Degrees20.58750000, -100.39611667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 20° 35.25', W 100° 23.767'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds20° 35' 15" N, 100° 23' 46.02" W
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Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 38 Calle Ignacio Zaragoza, Santiago de Querétaro Querétaro 76000, MX
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