Aztec aqueducts brought fresh water to an island city
The Aztecs engineered remarkable aqueducts to pipe fresh water miles across a lake, sustaining their thriving island metropolis of Tenochtitlan, a feat of ancient hydraulic engineering.
Imagine building a bustling city on an island surrounded by undrinkable water! That's exactly what the Aztecs did with Tenochtitlan, their capital founded around 1325. To sustain its estimated 200,000 residents, they engineered sophisticated aqueducts, like the famous Chapultepec Aqueduct, stretching miles from mainland springs.
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