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Title: Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: United States Geological Survey
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o, the parish church of which, now called SanFernando Cathedral, is the geographic center of San Antonio. Thewater for the ditch, taken from the pool in San Pedro Park, followsthe cast side of the creek and runs through the center of the city,irrigating 500 acres of land below the town. Its length is about4 miles, and it is 2 feet deep and 6 feet wide. The management ofthe foregoing ditches long since passed out of the hands of the land-owners and into those of the city authorities and is now intrusted toa Jitch commissioner appointed by the mayor. The annual waterrent is $2 an acre. CONCEPCION DITCH. The next ditch of importance is the Concepcion, built in 1729 andabandoned in 1869, after being in use one hundred and forty years.It was discarded on account of the dam, which was in the center ofthe city, causing much damage from overflow when there was a risein the river. This ditch was constructed to furnish water to theMission de la Concepcion and was the largest of the old ditches.
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taylor.) SAN ANTONIO AND VICINITY. 53 SAN JOSE DITCH. The San Jose ditch was built about 1720 to supply water to andirrigate the lands of the mission of thai, name, 5 miles below the town.The water was taken from the west side of San Antonio River, about2 miles above the mission, and was returned to the river about 1 milebelow. This ditch was abandoned about 18G0. SAN JUAN DITCH. The San Juan ditch taps the river on the east side opposite the.Mission San Jose. It. follows the contour of the land and carrieswater down to the San Juan Mission. It was built in 1731 and is stillin use. It irrigates more than 450 acres of land. ESPADA DITCH. The Espada is the lowest ditch taken from San Antonio River,though one of the oldest. The Spanish Government constructed ii in1824 and settled families on the land covered, assigning to each about12 acres, known as suertes (swerties) and supposed to be the amountof land that could be irrigated from the ditch in one day. The ditchtakes its water from th

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