The Aqueduct -- Mission San Gabriel Archangel, San Gabriel CA
N 34° 05.825 W 118° 06.406
11S E 397906 N 3773474
Second of two signs about the Mission San Gabriel aqueduct, which was designed by the Franciscan friars and built by Indian labor, inside the Mission walls near the old kitchen
Waymark Code: WMQWRF
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2016
Views: 2
This sign is located near the old kitchen served by the aqueduct, a few dozen feet from the aqueduct fountain itself. This sign reads as follows:
"AQUEDUCT
Waters flowing from canyons of Mount Wilson meandered southward through Lake Vineyard (now Lacy Park), to San Pasqual Creek, then called LA ZANJA, passing along in front of where stands the Old Mission San Gabriel. The Franciscans, with the Gabrileno Indians made CLAY PIPES, placing them underground, leading from the upper Zanja and into the AQUEDUCT -- to serve the Old Kitchen, to supply water to the tannery, for curing the hides, to irrigate vineyards, fields and orchards.
The five FIRE CIRCLES original and once held large IRON KETTLES, as such as the one seen here, wherein daily “POZOLE” or popcorn soup, was made over the fires. Upon the sounding of the “Angeles” bell at noon, and the prayer which it commanded, the Indians came to be fed.
The enormous CAULDRON is one of seven used in the early days, which would receive fat taken from the slaughtered cattle, then wheeled by “carreta” to the fire pits (the soap & candle vats) to be rendered. Then the hot cauldrons, one by one were lifted out by pulley and wheels to their respective workshops for CANDLE MAKING and SOAP MAKING."
Group that erected the marker: Claretian Fathers
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
428 S Mission St
San Gabriel, CA
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