The Resource Water to the angels : William Mulholland, his monumental aqueduct, and the rise of Los Angeles, Les Standiford
Water to the angels : William Mulholland, his monumental aqueduct, and the rise of Los Angeles, Les Standiford
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 315 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780062251428
- Label
- Water to the angels : William Mulholland, his monumental aqueduct, and the rise of Los Angeles
- Title
- Water to the angels
- Title remainder
- William Mulholland, his monumental aqueduct, and the rise of Los Angeles
- Statement of responsibility
- Les Standiford
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- CO2
- Dewey number
- 979.4/9404092
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HD4464.L7
- LC item number
- S73 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Label
- Water to the angels : William Mulholland, his monumental aqueduct, and the rise of Los Angeles, Les Standiford
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 315 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062251428
- Lccn
- 2015452728
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 99967507236
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), map
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)905494686
- ucoclc905494686
- Label
- Water to the angels : William Mulholland, his monumental aqueduct, and the rise of Los Angeles, Les Standiford
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 315 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062251428
- Lccn
- 2015452728
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 99967507236
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)905494686
- ucoclc905494686
Library Locations
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Charles E. Young Research LibraryBorrow it280 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1575, US34.0749691 -118.441466
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