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001 2015452728
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010 $a 2015452728
020 $a9780062251428 (hbk.)
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082 04 $a979.4/9404092$223
100 1 $aStandiford, Les,$eauthor.
245 10 $aWater to the angels :$bWilliam Mulholland, his monumental aqueduct, and the rise of Los Angeles /$cLes Standiford.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,$c[2015]
264 4 $c©2015
300 $axviii, 315 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color), map ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index.
520 $aDocuments 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.
505 0 $aHow 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.
650 0 $aWater-supply$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xHistory.
600 10 $aMulholland, William,$d1855-1935.
650 0 $aWater-supply engineers$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$vBiography.
651 0 $aLos Angeles (Calif.)$xHistory.
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