Tondo has the wide Estero de Vitas, Ampioco, Patria, Estero Sunog Apog that drains water from Manila, dumps water to Manila Bay via Estero de Vitas, Herbosa, Moriones, Estero Teneria, Abukay, Molave, Bambang, Estero de San Lazaro and Estero de Magdalena. Estero near Tondo's "Pritil Bridge" in 1866 was called "Canal de la Reina" named after Queen Isabel II of Spain, drains water from Manila as far as Tayuman Street, Claro M. Recto Avenue and ends in Binondo, where there's a floodgate or pumping station in that end at Muelle de Binondo and dumps water into Pasig River at its southern tip.
Ang radikal na ideya ni Padre Pedro Pelaez at idelohiya ng Rebolusyon ng mga Pranses ay pinagsama ni Luis Rodriguez Verela sa kaniyang mga sinulat na mga aklat, tulad ng: "El Parnaso Filipino" (Filipino Parnas), "Elogio a las provincias de la Espana Europea" (Eulogy to the provinces of Spain), "Himno Patriotico que en la Solemne publicacion de la Constitucion Espanola en la Capital del Reyno de Filipinas" (Anthem patriotic to the solemn publication of the Spanish Constitution in the Capital of the Kingdom of the Philippines), atbp... na ang kabuoang repormang hinihiling ay: