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Sketch of a water carrier in the early days of the Pueblo Los Angeles - First water distribution system in Los Angeles was the women who carried home earthen jars filled with water from the Zanja Madre. Later, men delivered to families their daily quota of water by means of barrels swung between handles of wheelbarrow. Third distribution cycle consisted of ox-drawn water carts.
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