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 ...

It’s a chapter of California history filled with subterfuge and ... Their scheme laid the groundwork for the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which in 1913 began sending the valley ...

“The history of California in the twentieth ... could one day be a reservation for the Paiute. But after the Los Angeles aqueduct was built to funnel water from the valley to the rapidly ...

Without excusing any part of the real-life swindle, Hiltzik places nuance above hysteria in addressing the contentious Los Angeles Aqueduct project: “It is true that the aqueduct made some of ...

Then it is directed to a manmade, arrow-straight dirt channel. This is the gateway of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Nearly a century ago an army of 5,000 men used dynamite, steam shovels, dredging ...

Designed by William Mulholland, the Los Angeles Aqueduct is considered ... marks the 100th anniversary of both the L.A. Aqueduct and the Natural History Museum, which the latter is commemorating ...

Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the second deadliest disaster in California history ... had ensured the growth of Los Angeles by bringing water to the city via aqueduct.