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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.
As was the case with the Los Angeles Aqueduct (completed in 1913), every inch of route was battled over in courts (and in the papers). In 1928, the Metropolitan Water District was formed for the ...
Without excusing any part of the real-life swindle, Hiltzik places nuance above hysteria in addressing the contentious Los Angeles Aqueduct project: “It is true that the aqueduct made some of ...
Today and tomorrow, you can get another. Designed by William Mulholland, the Los Angeles Aqueduct is considered one of the greatest engineering feats of the early twentieth century. The aqueduct ...
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 ...
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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