| Descript |
xviii, 315 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index. |
| Summary |
Documents the story of William Mulholland's Los Angeles aqueduct, the largest public water project ever built, describing how it transformed a small desert city into a modern metropolis. |
| Contents |
How dreams might end -- Distance between two points -- Luck of the Irish -- In mystery is the source -- Whose water is it anyway? -- A civil servant born -- Road trip -- Downhill all the way -- Remove every specter -- Have water or quit growing -- Brick upon brick -- First spade -- Best year to date -- Fair monetary recognition -- Fits and starts -- Fallout -- If you dig it, they will come -- Last mile -- Cascade -- In the shade of accomplishment -- Let the bombings begin -- Failure -- Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown -- City of Angels. |
| Subject |
Mulholland, William, 1855-1935.
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Water-supply -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
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Water-supply engineers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780062251428 |
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0062251422 |
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