| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 411 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-391) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Long Journey from Dublin to Los Angeles, 1855-1876 -- 2. City of Angels, 1877 -- 3. Private Water Company and Its Owners, 1878-1879 -- 4. Advancing in the Water Business, 1880-1886 -- 5. New Superintendent, 1887-1892 -- 6. Water Plots and Politics, 1893-1895 -- 7. Years of Mayor Eaton, 1898-1900 -- 8. City's Victory over the "Grand Monopoly," 1901-1902 -- 9. New Regime for a Booming Town, 1903-1904 -- 10. Desperate Remedies in a Dry Season, 1904 -- 11. A Plan Revealed, 1905 -- 12. Preparations for an Aqueduct and a Trip to Washington, D.C., 1906 -- 13. Big Job Begins, 1907 -- 14. Chief and the General, 1908 -- 15. Building the Aqueduct: The Best Year, 1909 -- 16. Troubles and Interruptions, 1910. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mulholland, William, 1855-1935.
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Mulholland, William, 1855-1935. |
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Mulholland, William, 1855-1935. |
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Mulholland, William. |
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Water-supply -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
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Water-supply. |
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California -- Los Angeles. |
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History. |
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Engineers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
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Engineers. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mulholland, Catherine, 1923- William Mulholland and the rise of Los Angeles. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000 0520217241 (DLC) 99048289 (OCoLC)42598444 |
| ISBN |
9780520929012 (electronic book) |
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0520929012 (electronic book) |
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0585389969 (electronic book) |
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9780585389967 (electronic book) |
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0520234669 (eBook) |
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9780520234666 (eBook) |
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0520217241 (alkaline paper) |
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9780520217249 |
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