Espada Aqueduct

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aqueduct historic structure irrigation structure stone arch bridge

Espada Aqueduct is a historic 18th-century stone irrigation structure in San Antonio, Texas, built by Spanish missionaries to supply water to Mission Espada and its surrounding farmlands.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Espada Aqueduct canonical	2
Acequia de Espada Aqueduct	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aqueduct ⓘ historic structure ⓘ irrigation structure ⓘ stone arch bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Espada Aqueduct ⓘ surface form: Acequia de Espada Aqueduct
architecturalStyle	Spanish Colonial ⓘ
associatedWith	Mission San Francisco de la Espada ⓘ
builtBy	Franciscan missions ⓘ surface form: Franciscan missionaries Spanish missionaries ⓘ
builtFor	Mission Espada ⓘ
category	Aqueducts in the United States ⓘ Buildings and structures in San Antonio, Texas ⓘ Irrigation in the United States ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in Texas ⓘ Spanish Colonial architecture in Texas ⓘ
city	San Antonio ⓘ
constructionMaterial	limestone ⓘ stone ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Piedras Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
followsWatercourse	San Antonio River ⓘ
hasFunction	to carry acequia water across Piedras Creek ⓘ
hasNumberOfArches	multiple stone arches ⓘ
hasOwner	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ National Register of Historic Places ⓘ surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing part of San Antonio Missions UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn	Bexar County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ San Antonio, Texas ⓘ Texas ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
maintainedBy	National Park Service ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Park Service
near	Mission San Juan Capistrano (Texas) ⓘ surface form: Mission San Juan Capistrano (San Antonio)
openToPublic	true ⓘ
partOf	Espada acequia system ⓘ San Antonio Missions National Historical Park ⓘ
significantFor	early Spanish irrigation engineering in North America ⓘ preservation of Spanish Colonial waterworks ⓘ
significantPeriod	Spanish colonial era ⓘ
startDate	1740s ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
state	Texas ⓘ
stillInUse	partially ⓘ
touristAttraction	true ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park ⓘ surface form: San Antonio Missions
usedFor	irrigation ⓘ water supply ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Espada Aqueduct
Description of subject: Espada Aqueduct is a historic 18th-century stone irrigation structure in San Antonio, Texas, built by Spanish missionaries to supply water to Mission Espada and its surrounding farmlands.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mission Espada → hasPart → Espada Aqueduct ⓘ

Espada Aqueduct → alsoKnownAs → Espada Aqueduct ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acequia de Espada Aqueduct

Mission San Francisco de la Espada → hasFeature → Espada Aqueduct ⓘ