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the 350-acre (140 ha) Mar Y Cel estate, built in the early 1900s in the foothills of California 's Santa Ynez Mountains , included an aqueduct , water works, arches, and statues?
the centre of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil is crossed by an 18th century aqueduct (pictured) nicknamed Arcos da Lapa ?
in 2003, the Cuban town of San Antonio de Los Baños had no water for 2 days while a 100-year old aqueduct supplying the city was being repaired?
an aqueduct of the abandoned Wiconisco Canal in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania is still used as a highway bridge?
listed structures in the parish of Acton in Cheshire include an aqueduct (pictured) , sundial , icehouse , clock tower , telephone box and a statue of a dog upsetting a food bowl?
Kenneth Farrow GC attempted to rescue a boy from an underground aqueduct despite strong current, heavy deposits on the floor and almost no headroom or handholds?
listed buildings in Minshull Vernon , Cheshire , include five canal bridges, two aqueducts and a former privy ?
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Question 1 : Aqueduto dos Pegões in Tomar , ________ (built 1593)
Question 2 : It stretches 336 miles from its source near Parker, Arizona to the metropolitan areas of Phoenix and ________ .
Question 4 : In the new world, when the ________ capital of Tenochtitlán was discovered in the middle of the second millennium , it was watered by two aqueducts.
Question 5 : Aqueduto de Setúbal in Setubal , ________ (built 1696)
Question 8 : Aqueduct of Morelia , ________ , built between 1735 and 1738.
Question 9 : In ________ , USA , three large aqueducts supply water over hundreds of miles to the Los Angeles area.