El Partidor del Toril is located at 12-14 Comandante Seva Street, next to Maisonnave Square and the San Juan Bautista Parish Church.

The irrigation system of the Huerta de Alicante is determined in our municipality by two fundamental axes. On the one hand, the Acequia Mayor, of Islamic origin, which carried the water of the river from the Mutxamel weir Monnegre to the northern part of Sant Joan d’Alacant; and on the other hand, the Gualeró -of gual or gola which means throat -, the ditch built to bring water from the weir of Sant Joan in 1377. Both irrigation ditches converged and their waters flowed down the historic Maigmona street, being used, among others, by the mill that we can still see there.

The Toril splitter (or Turil) – according to local authors it derives from the Arabic tura which means channel – was a key element in the irrigation system. Built between the centuries XV and XVI, probably next to the missing defensive tower of Juan Senia, allowed the flow of the Acequia Mayor to be divided in two and create a main irrigation channel that continued along Calle Mayor and Calle del Carmen as a bracelet of Sant Joan towards Benimagrell and another secondary one on the left called Brazal de la Moleta towards the lands of Fabraquer watered by the daughters of Moleta de Dins and Fora, among others. The original shape of this splitter was smaller and rectangular, with an edge of ashlars that supported the door and the system that allowed the water to be directed to one side or the other; However, after successive urban reforms the divider was modified as we can see it today.

With the decline of agricultural activity in our municipality and the arrival of more modern water channeling and distribution systems, the network of irrigation ditches fell into disuse and therefore the splitter was relegated to oblivion.

With the passage of time and abandonment, the splitter experienced severe deterioration of its facilities. However, the adaptation and urbanization works of Plaza Maisonnave carried out in 2015 led to the demolition of the property that occupied the plot, leaving it exposed. After exhaustive work to clear debris and rehabilitate its structure, the site remains visible through a protective glass so that Sant Joaners and visitors can enjoy this historic construction of the Huerta de Alicante irrigation system.