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Today, Holly Drive runs north in this area surrounded by a 1920s-built tract of homes (Bryn Mawr). Also seen in the distance is Cahuenga Peak and the future location of 1925-built Lake Hollywood Dam (aka Mulholland Dam). Image enhancement and colorization by Richard Holoff.
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Historical Notes. The first documented use of wood poles was...
- Power Generation
One of the first power plants in Los Angeles, located on the...
- La Aqueduct Opening
Historical Notes. All morning long they came – out to where...
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Aviation in Early Los Angeles. Early Views of LA Gas...
- St. Francis Dam
Historical Notes. Construction of the St. Francis Dam began...
- Early Water Reservoirs
The City of Los Angeles acquired a portion of the land that...
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Feb 5, 2019 · The horror began with a trickle. On March 12, 1928, William Mulholland, Los Angeles demigod and chief engineer of the Bureau of Water and Supply, was called out to the imposing St. Francis Dam in...
The Mulholland Dam is a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power dam located in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California, east of the Hollywood Freeway. Designed with a storage capacity of 7,900 acre⋅ft (9,700,000 m 3 ) of water at a maximum depth of 183 feet (56 m), the dam forms the Hollywood Reservoir , which collects water from ...
Jun 10, 2014 · In 1932, the white concrete face of Mulholland Dam loomed above the town of Hollywood, holding back Lake Hollywood and its theoretical capacity of 7,500 acre-feet of water, or nearly two and...
Jul 19, 2019 · Mulholland Dam at the Hollywood Reservoir, Lake Hollywood. Like the St. Francis Dam, the Hollywood Reservoir dam was designed by William Mulholland on behalf of the Bureau of Water Works and Supply, the predecessor to today’s Department of Water and Power.
Nov 29, 2015 · When the St. Francis Dam collapsed in 1928 the ensuing rush of water killed at least 450 people (though some estimate the total is closer to 600), destroyed 1,200 homes, forever altered the...
May 18, 2021 · After decades of being off-limits to the public, Los Angeles’s Silver Lake Reservoir could return to the people. By Timothy A. Schuler Residents take a rare stroll inside the fence at the decommissioned reservoir as a part of a master planning workshop led by Hargreaves Jones.
