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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.
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A century after Owens Valley aqueduct protest, event marks tense time in L.A. water historyTheir scheme laid the groundwork for the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which in 1913 began sending the valley’s water to the growing city 233 miles away. Residents were so enraged in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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