Tuesday, February 5, 2008

The Dam Of Life

I say the Mission Espada Dam is really the Damn of life. The Missions Espada Dam gives life to the community and the people that live there. The Dam is the oldest functioning aqueduct in the United States. When my friend and I went to the Mission Espada Dam today the water was flowing really good and fast. There were ducks swimming along and looked really peaceful. The water flowed over a rode that we drove across and stopped for a while. Right after the rode, the water went into where there was rocks. The water hitting the rocks made it look very rapid. Around the water there were just plains of grass. There even people fishing in it. PhotobucketIf the Mission Espada Dam was not there then the community and its entire people would not be able to survive. The dam is what gave them life. They were dependent on it. The Damn helped them with the agriculture, so even if they had something to drink then they would not have anything to eat. Everything was built around the river. That’s why all the property is not built in straight rows. The roads are all crazy. The importance today I would say is so all the neighbors would not get there houses flooded. It caries water from the San Antonio River and feed the irrigation system. The water is still used by people living on the land that surround it. The Mission Espada Dam is fifth teen miles long and covers about 3,500 acres of land. That’s a long river so must help out a lot of people. In all the Mission Espada Dam is an excellent creation that helped and will continue to help people in the future.



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