Norse and Aztecs · TURNING POINT · late 13th century to 1521
Chapultepec aqueduct (late 13th century to 1521)
On the Norse and Aztecs map as “Chapultepec — springs and aqueduct”
late 13th century to 1521 — The springs at the foot of this hill, where the Mexica camped before they were driven out, supplied Tenochtitlan’s drinking water. A sturdier double-channel aqueduct, begun around 1454 and working by 1466, carried it along the causeway to the city.
- When
- late 13th century to 1521
- Type
- Turning point
- Chapter
- Founding of Tenochtitlan (chapter 7 of Norse and Aztecs)
- Atlas
- Climate and Innovation: The Norse and the Aztecs, c. 790–1521
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