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TARJETA POSTAL. Fotografía estereoscópica. En el lado izquierdo se lee: "Keystone View Company Manufacturers COPYRIGHTED MADE IN U.S.A Publishers". Del lado derecho se aprecia: "Meadville, PG; New York, N.Y. Portland. Oregon, London, Eng; Siydney, Aus." En la parte inferior de la tarjeta postal tiene la inscripción: "10824"-On the Aqueduct. Guadalupe, México. Al reverso: "40 10824-On the Aqueduct, Guadalupe, México The rainfall of the Mexican Plateau is so slight that there are no large rivers and the cities must be supplied with water from the mountains. Its usually carried, not in iron pipes as in the United States, but in brick or stone aqueducts such as shown in this view. These aqueducts are built up on columns or arches to make the slope even so that the flow may be regular, and also that the may not form barriers across the land. Most of the Mexican aqueducts were built by the Spaniards and they form a picturesque addition to the landscape. Very often the water comes from some stream or srping supplied by a glacier or from some reservoir built high up in the mounains to conserve the rainfal of the wet season. This aqueduct supplies the city of Guadalupe. It was built by Spanish viceroy and archbishop sometime between 1673 and 1680, before William Penn came to America. Starting from a reservoir high up among the mountanins, it winds ist way down valleys and the rocky mountanin side, around the base of bare slopes, across sun-parched plains and empties its waters into the public fountains, the social centers of all Mexican towns. Just beside this ancient waterway runs a modern railroad. Everywhere in Mexico is seen this striking contrast or the old with the new". Copyrigth 1909, by Keystone View Company". Acueducto de Guadalupe. Obra arquitectónica civil y de ingeniería hidráulica del México Colonial levantada en la zona norte de la Ciudad de México a mediados del siglo XVIII. Está conformado por 2 mil 287 arcos y se extiende en 7 km de longitud recorriendo territorio de la delegación Gustavo A. Madero en el Distrito Federal y parte del municipio de Tlalnepantla de Baz en el Estado de México, en éste último de manera subterránea. El acueducto representa el trayecto final de los peregrinos procedentes del norte del país en la tradicional peregrinación a la basílica de Guadalupe cada 12 de diciembre. Véase: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acueducto_de_Guadalupe, (última consulta 17 de julio de 2009).