William Mulholland and the rise of Los Angeles, Catherine Mulholland

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Label

William Mulholland and the rise of Los Angeles, Catherine Mulholland

Statement of responsibility

Catherine Mulholland

Instantiates

• William Mulholland and the rise of Los Angeles

Publication

• Berkeley, Calif | London, University of California Press, 2002

Note

• "First paperback printing 2002"--T.p. verso
• Originally published: 2000

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-391) and index

Contents

The long journey from Dublin to Los Angeles, 1855-1876 -- The city of angels, 1877 -- The private water company and its owners, 1878-1879 -- Advancing in the water business, 1880-1886 -- The new superintendent, 1887-1892 -- Water plots and politics, 1893-1895 -- The years of Mayor Eaton, 1898-1900 -- The city's victory over the "Grand Monopoly," 1901-1902 -- New regime for a booming town, 1903-1904 -- Desperate remedies in a dry season, 1904 -- A plan revealed -- Preparations for an aqueduct and a trip to Washington, D.C., 1906 -- The big job begins, 1907 -- The chief and the general 1908 -- Building the aqueduct : the best year, 1909 -- Troubles and interruptions, 1910 -- Aqueduct progress and political fireworks, 1911 -- The investigation, 1912 -- The completion of the aqueduct, 1913 -- After the aqueduct, 1914-1919 -- A stormy decade begins, 1920-1923 -- Boulder Dam and dynamite, 1924 -- More dynamite, 1925-1927 -- The Saint Francis Dam disaster and after, 1928-1935

Dimensions

23 cm.

Extent

xxi, 411 p., [32] p. of plates

Isbn

9780520234666

Other physical details

ill., facsim., maps, ports.

Record ID

6879640

System control number

• (OCoLC)50302503
• ucoclc50302503