William Mulholland and the rise of Los Angeles
Catherine Mulholland.
Bok Engelsk 2000 Catherine. Mulholland,· Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Berkeley : : University of California Press, , c2000.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (468 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Long Journey from Dublin to Los Angeles, 1855-1876; 2. The City of Angels, 1877; 3. The Private Water Company and Its Owners, 1878-1879; 4. Advancing in the Water Business, 1880-1886; 5. The New Superintendent, 1887-1892; 6. Water Plots and Politics, 1893-1895; 7. The Years of Mayor Eaton, 1898-1900; 8. The City's Victory over the "Grand Monopoly," 1901-1902; 9. New Regime for a Booming Town, 1903-1904; 10. Desperate Remedies in a Dry Season, 1904; 11. A Plan Revealed, 1905. - 12. Preparations for an Aqueduct and a Trip to Washington, D.C., 190613. The Big Job Begins, 1907; 14. The Chief and the General, 1908; 15. Building the Aqueduct: The Best Year, 1909; 16. Troubles and Interruptions, 1910; 17. Aqueduct Progress and Political Fireworks, 1911; 18. The Investigation, 1912; 19. The Completion of the Aqueduct, 1913; 20. After the Aqueduct, 1914-1919; 21. A Stormy Decade Begins, 1920-1923; 22. Boulder Dam and Dynamite, 1924; 23. More Dynamite, 1925-1927; 24. The Saint Francis Dam Disaster and After, 1928-1935; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F. - GH; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. - William Mulholland presided over the creation of a water system that forever changed the course of southern California's history. Mulholland, a self-taught engineer, was the chief architect of the Owens Valley Aqueduct-a project ranking in magnitude and daring with the Panama Canal-that brought water to semi-arid Los Angeles from the lush Owens Valley. The story of Los Angeles's quest for water is both famous and notorious: it has been the subject of the classic yet historically distorted movie Chinatown, as well as many other accounts. This first full-length biography of Mulholland cha
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| ISBN | 0-520-92901-2. - 1-59875-011-9
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