Santiago de Querétaro is a city in central Mexico. It’s known for its well-preserved Spanish colonial architecture, which includes this striking pink stone aqueduct.

This stopping point for the locomotive would be ideal if they needed to replenish the locomotive's boiler with a fresh gush of water. Alas, I don't see any piping for such an endeavor. Maybe they just stopped there to get their picture taken?

[The train was how William Henry Jackson and his giant cameras got around. - Dave]

It is colorful and detailed Completed in 1738, legend has it that the aqueduct was commissioned by the Marquis del Villa del Alguia as a grandiose testament of his undying love for a beautiful — yet unattainable — woman named Clarissa. You see, Clarissa just happened to be a nun belonging to the convent of Santa Clara. With intimacy out of the question, the marquis believed that erecting a massive aqueduct would spiritually connect him with the off-limits object of his affection.