William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles.

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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 broug...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mulholland, Catherine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2000.
Temas:
Water-supply > California > Los Angeles > History.
Engineers > California > Los Angeles > Biography.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire.
Ingénieurs > Californie > Los Angeles > Biographies.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Water-supply
Engineers
West (U.S.) > History.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Histoire.
California > Los Angeles
West United States
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles
  • 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., 1906
  • 13. 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

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