Mission Aqueduct - Santa Barbara, CA
Posted by: 
DougK
N 34° 26.313 W 119° 42.751
11S E 250765 N 3814121
A stone wall in Mission Park is part of the remains of the Santa Barbara Mission aqueduct system.
Waymark Code: WMETF9
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2012
Views: 21
What appears to be a stone wall in
Mission Park across from the
Santa Barbara Mission is actually the remains of the mission aqueduct system. On top of the wall can be seen a channel used to convey water from a reservoir above the Mission. Kenneth A. Larson presents a nice
photo gallery and story of the Mission Aqueduct system about half way down this web page.
From the California Missions Resource Center:
Water was channeled from a dam constructed in Pedragoso Creek, high above the mission. A two-mile long stone aqueduct carried water to a storage reservoir, feeder reservoir and settling tank constructed in 1806 and attributed to Indian mason Miguel Blanco of Baja California. A second aqueduct carried drinking water to the mission, its fountains and lavanderia washing facilities.