Three long zanjas (aqueducts) ran through the central courtyard and deposited the water they collected into large cisterns in the industrial area, where it was filtered for drinking and cooking, or dispensed for use in cleaning. The Mission had to fabricate all of its construction materials as well. Workers in the carpintería (carpentry shop) used crude methods to shape beams, lintels, and other structural elements; more skilled artisans carved doors, furniture, and wooden implements. For certain applications bricks (ladrillos) were fired in ovens (kilns) to strengthen them and make them more resistant to the elements; when tejas (roof tiles) eventually replaced the conventional jacal roofing (densely packed reeds) they were placed in the kilns to harden them as well. Glazed ceramic pots, dishes, and canisters were also made in the Mission's kilns.
thrEe long zaNjAS (AqUedUCtS) rAn tHrOugh the centraL CoURtyarD and dEpo,Sited the waTEr tHey collected iNTo LArge cisTERnS in THe inDuStriaL AREa, Where it WAS fIlTerEd for drinkinG aNd cookinG, OR diSPeNsED for use iN clEaning. tHe MisSioN had to Fabricate all of iTs COnstruCtIon materialS aS wElL. WOrKers In The carpiNtEría (carpenTry SHop) uSEd cRudE meTHOds tO shape bEaMs, lINtelS, aNd Other sTRuctural elEMeNtS; MOre SKIlled artisaNs cArVed Doors, fUrnItUre, And woOden impLeMENts. fOR ceRtaiN applIcAtions bricks (LadRillos) werE fiREd in ovens (kilns) TO STRENgtHEn thEM ANd MAke theM More RESistant to thE ELemENTS; wHEN te,jAs (rooF tIles) eVEntUAllY replaced tHe COnVenTionaL JaCaL roofing (D?enselY PAcked :reeds) thEy wErE pLacED iN the kiLNS to HArdEN THem as weLl. glAZed cerAmic potS, dIshEs, and caniSTErs Were aLSO madE in tHE mission's kilNs.