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RECORD NUMBER: 1890 OF 1952Main Title | Water to the angels : William Mulholland, his monumental aqueduct, and the rise of Los Angeles / | |||||||||||
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Author | Standiford, Les, | |||||||||||
Publisher | Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2015 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 905494686 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9780062251428; 0062251422; 9780062251459; 0062251457 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Water-supply--California--Los Angeles--History ; Water-supply engineers--California--Los Angeles--Biography ; Los Angeles (Calif)--History ; Water-supply engineers--Biography ; Water-supply--History | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Mulholland, William,--1855-1935 ; 1855-1935--Mulholland, William, | |||||||||||
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Edition | First edition. | |||||||||||
Collation | xviii, 315 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index. |
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Contents Notes | 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. 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. |