Still, one may visit the two dams, and view the reservoirs, the ruins of the filter house and mill, and portions of the aqueduct system. To hike to the dams or stroll through the ruins of the Santa ...

North of downtown, the 78-acre Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is the ... Highlights of the garden include the historic Mission Dam and aqueduct built in 1807, an authentic Japanese teahouse and ...

including an aqueduct network and the dam that still stands on Mission Creek in the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. The “golden age” of local stone masonry began in the 1870s with the arrival of a ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Known as the "Queen of the Missions," the bells of the Old Mission Santa Barbara have echoed throughout the region since the Franciscans founded it in 1786 on the feast day ...