Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles Paperback - 2016
by Les Standiford
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The story of William Mulholland's Los Angeles aqueduct, the largest public water project ever created--a tale of gilded age ambition, hubris, greed, and one determined man whose vision shaped the future
In 1907, Irish immigrant William Mulholland designed and began to build one of the greatest civil engineering feats in history: the aqueduct that carried water 233 miles from the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Los Angeles--allowing this small, resource-challenged desert city to grow into a modern global metropolis. Drawing on new research, Les Standiford vividly captures the visionary engineer and the breathtaking scope of his six-year, $23 million project that would transform a region, a state, and a nation at the dawn of its greatest century.
At a time when the importance of water is being recognized as never before, Water to the Angels brings into focus the vigor of a fabled era, the might of a larger-than-life individual, and the scale of a priceless construction project, shedding critical light on a past that offers insights for our future.
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- Title Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles
- Author Les Standiford
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ecco Press
- Date 2016-02-23
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780062251459 / 0062251457
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 0.8 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 2.03 cm)
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- Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Cultural Region: Southern California
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Cultural Region: West Coast
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Locality: Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
- Library of Congress subjects History, Biography
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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