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 ...

Just before midnight on March 7, 1928, the St Francis Dam, located roughly 80km (50 miles) inland of Los Angeles, collapsed. There were no witnesses to the disaster – or none who survived ...

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 ...