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TARJETA POSTAL. Fotografía estereoscópica. En el lado izquierdo se aprecia: "Keystone View Company Manufacturers Copyrighted MADE IN U.S.A. publishers". Del lado derecho se observa: "Meadville, Pa. New York,N.Y Portland, Oregon, London, Eng; Sydney, Aus." En la parte inferior de la tarjeta se lee: "(10857)-Old Aqueduct and Bridge, Cuernavaca, México". Al reverso: "10857 OLD AQUEDUCT AND BRIDGE, CUERNAVACA Cuernavaca (kwer'nä-vä'kä), on the watershed between the Atlantic and the Pacific, with a pleasant climate, plenty of heat and water. and a luxurios vegetation that makes the surrounding country a garden, has suffered much form invaders. Back in the fourteenth century the Aztecs founded a city, Tenochtitlan. They were rude and warlike. In a raid in Cuernavaca they captured goldsmiths and other craftsmen whom they brouht back to their own city. Through these men the finer arts ere intriduced into the Aztec city. The Aztecs laid aside their rude clothing of aloe fiber for more expensive attire, and began to go out as traders for foreign merchandise. In the sixteenth century Cortes led the Spanish invasion into Mexico, Cuernavaca was difficult to capture. Four thousand feet above the sea level, on a spur of land between two mountains, which in turn were situated between two ravines of great length and depth, it was almost impregnable. When Cuernavaca was finally captured, Cortes liked the town so much taht he built his villa there. When the Spanish king made Cortes a marquis and bestowed on him a large grant of land in Mexico, Cuernavaca was included, at Cortes' request. When Maximialian was ruling México as conqueror, his villa was at Cuernavaca. The aqueduct in the picture is a relic of the days of Spanish. The Spanish followed the example of the Romans who built many aqueducts and roads in conquered territory. In a hot climate, ice was a rarity. The drinking water could not, therefore, be artificially cooled. It must be brought down form the snow-topped mountain, hence the aqueduct was built. Copyright by the Keystone , View Company." Acueducto o el puente de Carlos Cuaglia, construido en 1790 y llamado antiguamente Oacalco, fué ampliado en 1884 y en su extremo sur-poniente existían lavaderos públicos. En el mismo lugar dos acueductos cruzan la barranca: uno del siglo XVI, el cual traía agua potable de los manantiales de Guadalupita, este acueducto tiene un arco muy bajo y abierto, el cual se puede ver desde el andador. El otro acueducto es del siglo XVIII y es llamado 'Los arcos de los lavaderos', este acueducto es continuación de los arcos de Guadalupita y traía el agua a un nivel más elevado. Véase: Sitios de inetrés en Cuernavaca, www.elclima.com.mx, (última consulta 17 de julio de 2009).