Acueducto del Padre Tembleque (Father Tembleque

Acueducto del Padre Tembleque
(Father Tembleque Aqueduct)
Shamanistic Symbols ? and engravings
Photos by Josef Otto 2004
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Cabecera: CEMPOALA [ZEMPOALA]. Mexico
Date of map: Nov. 1, 1580
Dimensions of map: 83 x 66 cm.
Language of glosses: Nahuatl
Contemporary location name: Zempoala, Hidalgo
Holding Institution: Benson Latin American Collection-Univ. of Texas at Austin.
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Acueducto del Padre Tembleque (Father Tembleque Aqueduct)
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Zempoala aqueduct, State of Hidalgo, Mexico. Friar Francisco Tembleque, engineer,
1553 - 1570. Designed to carry water from the source in one mountain range to the
City of Otumba (approx. 27 miles) using technology from the Aztecs as well as that
brought to the Americas by early Spanish settlers and military.
Source: "The Aqueduct of Zempoala, Mexico," Engineering News and American
Railway Journal, 7 July 1888, p. 3.
Zempoala aqueduct elevations, State of Hidalgo, Mexico. Friar Francisco
Tembleque, engineer, 1553 - 1570.
Source: "The Aqueduct of Zempoala, Mexico," Engineering News and American
Railway Journal, 7 July 1888, p. 2.
Zempoala aqueduct - general elevation and plan, State of Hidalgo, Mexico. Friar
Francisco Tembleque, engineer, 1553 - 1570.
Source: "The Aqueduct of Zempoala, Mexico," Engineering News and American
Railway Journal, 7 July 1888, p. 2.
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Acueducto del Padre Tembleque
(Father Tembleque Aqueduct)
This is a notable example of civil engineering from the vice regal era.
The third arch of the aqueduct crosses a ravine that is a little over 1,000 meters
deep. The majestic aqueduct with a length of 44 km was built in 1543 a 1560 under
the direction of Father Tembleque, a Franciscan friar, to transport water into the town
of Otumba. Its 156 arches are regarded among the longest and highest of the kind
still standing in the country.
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Shamanistic Symbols
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