Water And Los Angeles
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Water And Los Angeles
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Author : William Deverell
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2017
Water And Los Angeles written by William Deverell and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with History categories.
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Los Angeles rose to significance in the first half of the twentieth century by way of its complex relationship to three rivers: the Los Angeles, the Owens, and the Colorado. The remarkable urban and suburban trajectory of southern California since then cannot be fully understood without reference to the ways in which each of these three river systems came to be connected to the future of the metropolitan region. This history of growth must be understood in full consideration of all three rivers and the challenges and opportunities they presented to those who would come to make Los Angeles a global power. Full of primary sources and original documents, Water and Los Angeles will be of interest to both students of Los Angeles and general readers interested in the origins of the city.
Water And Power
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Author : William L. Kahrl
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1983-11-08
Water And Power written by William L. Kahrl and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-11-08 with Nature categories.
It is not the purpose of this work to propose a specific format for the settlement of the city's current difficulties with the valley, to resolve the environmental questions associated with Los Angeles's proposed groundwater pumping program, or to promote any cause associated with the developing situation in the Owens Valley. But by performing the essential historical task of separating what happened from what did not, and by distinguishing in this way the choices which have been made from those which have yet to be decided, it is my hope that this effort will help to establish that common basis for understanding which is essential for the debate over specific issues to proceed most effectively. This book, then, is scarcely the last word on the Owens Valley conflict: the final chapter, after all, has yet to be written. The story that has emerged here is at once very different and more troubling than the conventional treatments of the conflict as a simplistic political morality play. Any attempt to deal with so controversial a subject, however, is almost certain to spark controversy itself. For that reason, with the exception of a small collection of private letters, this work is constructed entirely from the published documents and other materials available to the general public, anchoring the narrative in sources the reader can consult to trace the line of my argument on any point with which he or she may disagree. In addition, the work as a whole has been reviewed for technical accuracy by officials of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, although the department is in no way responsible for the content of this study or the conclusions drawn from it.
Rivers In The Desert
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Author : Margaret Leslie Davis
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2014-04-01
Rivers In The Desert written by Margaret Leslie Davis and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-01 with History categories.
The rise and fall of William Mulholland, and the story of L.A.’s disastrous dam collapse: “A dramatic saga of ambition, politics, money and betrayal” (Los Angeles Daily News). Rivers in the Desert follows the remarkable career of William Mulholland, the visionary who engineered the rise of Los Angeles as the greatest American city west of the Mississippi. He sought to transform the sparse and barren desert into an inhabitable environment by designing the longest aqueduct in the Western Hemisphere, bringing water from the mountains to support a large city. This “fascinating history” chronicles Mulholland’s dramatic ascension to wealth and fame—followed by his tragic downfall after the sudden collapse of the dam he had constructed to safeguard the water supply (Newsweek). The disaster, which killed at least five hundred people, caused his repudiation by allies, friends, and a previously adoring community. Epic in scope, Rivers in the Desert chronicles the history of Los Angeles and examines the tragic fate of the man who rescued it. “An arresting biography of William Mulholland, the visionary Los Angeles Water Department engineer . . . [his] personal and public dramas make for gripping reading.” —Publishers Weekly “A fascinating look at the political maneuvering and engineering marvels that moved the City of Angels into the first rank of American cities.” —Booklist
Los Angeles Water Works
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Author : Studio for Southern California History
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2013-09-24
Los Angeles Water Works written by Studio for Southern California History and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-24 with Water-supply categories.
Los Angeles Water Works explores Southern California's connections to water and is published by the nonprofit organization the Studio for Southern California History. This book was compiled over the summer of 2013 in part to acknowledge the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct on November 5th and its regional consequences. This book has art, poetry, history information, maps and resources to go further.
Water To The Angels
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Author : Les Standiford
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2015-03-31
Water To The Angels written by Les Standiford and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-31 with History categories.
The author of Last Train to Paradise tells the story of the largest public water project ever created—William Mulholland’s Los Angeles aqueduct—a story of Gilded Age ambition, hubris, greed, and one determined man who's vision shaped the future and continues to impact us today. In 1907, Irish immigrant William Mulholland conceived and built one of the greatest civil engineering feats in history: the aqueduct that carried water 223 miles from the Sierra Nevada mountains to Los Angeles—allowing this small, resource-challenged desert city to grow into a modern global metropolis. Drawing on new research, Les Standiford vividly captures the larger-then-life engineer and the breathtaking scope of his six-year, $23 million project that would transform a region, a state, and a nation at the dawn of its greatest century. With energy and colorful detail, Water to the Angels brings to life the personalities, politics, and power—including bribery, deception, force, and bicoastal financial warfare—behind this dramatic event. At a time when the importance of water is being recognized as never before—considered by many experts to be the essential resource of the twenty-first century—Water to the Angels brings into focus the vigor of a fabled era, the might of a larger than life individual, and the scale of a priceless construction project, and sheds critical light on a past that offers insights for our future. Water to the Angels includes 8 pages of photographs.
Los Angeles Water Future
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Author : Judith L. Cohen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-01
Los Angeles Water Future written by Judith L. Cohen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-01 with categories.
Water Supply Of Los Angeles California
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1919
Water Supply Of Los Angeles California written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1919 with Los Angeles (Calif.) categories.
The Great Thirst
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Author : Norris Hundley Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-11-15
The Great Thirst written by Norris Hundley Jr. and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-15 with Nature categories.
The story of "the great thirst" is brought up to date in this revised edition of Norris Hundley's outstanding history, with additional photographs and incisive descriptions of the major water-policy issues facing California now: accelerating urbanization of farmland and open spaces, persisting despoliation of water supplies, and demands for equity in water allocation for an exploding population. People the world over confront these problems, and Hundley examines them with clarity and eloquence in the unruly laboratory of California. The obsession with water has shaped California to a remarkable extent, literally as well as politically and culturally. Hundley tells how aboriginal Americans and then early Spanish and Mexican immigrants contrived to use and share the available water and how American settlers, arriving in ever-increasing numbers after the Gold Rush, transformed California into the home of the nation's preeminent water seekers. The desire to use, profit from, manipulate, and control water drives the people and events in this fascinating narrative until, by the end of the twentieth century, a large, colorful cast of characters and communities has wheeled and dealed, built, diverted, and connived its way to an entirely different statewide waterscape.
Vision Or Villainy
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Author : Abraham Hoffman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Vision Or Villainy written by Abraham Hoffman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Business & Economics categories.
Annotation. Seventy-five years ago the growing city of Los Angeles, amid considerable conflict, appropriated water from a rural area 250 miles away. Still unresolved, the controversy surrounding the Owens Valley-Los Angeles Aqueduct has long since moved from the personal, even violent level fictionalized in the movie Chinatown to the dry realm of court proceedings, injunctions, and environmental impact reports. But water remains a problem in California, and the questions raised by these events--the rights of a rural area versus a growing metropolitan area, environmental issues, and levels of government responsibility--are of recognized national importance today.
Water Supply Of Los Angeles California
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1919
Water Supply Of Los Angeles California written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1919 with Water-supply categories.