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California water wars: A century of wrangling over Los Angeles’s waterJust before midnight on March 7, 1928, the St Francis Dam, located roughly 80km (50 miles) inland of Los Angeles, collapsed.
In 1922, William Mulholland began building the St. Francis Dam to create a reservoir for the Los Angeles–Owens River aqueduct. To meet the growing water needs of Los Angeles, he decided to ...
Inspired by the book of the same name by acclaimed author and professor Norris Hundley Jr., the documentary special highlights William Mulholland and the creation of modern Los Angeles by ...
William Mulholland died about halfway through construction in 1935, but he did see the start of one last idea that proved to be crucial to Los Angeles’s survival. In 1955, the Colorado River ...
A colossal engineering failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland, who had ensured the growth of Los Angeles by bringing water to the city via aqueduct.
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