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William Mulholland was a famed and infamous water and civil engineer bestknown for two extraordinary moments in the environmental history of Californiaone a colossal success the other an equally stunning failure. The first is theconstruction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and the second is the building of thefated St. Francis Dam which came crashing down in 1928. Catherine Mulhollanddeals with her grandfathers alpha and omega moments dispassionately and indetail. But in between those events are more than a decade in the life of thegreat engineer and potential politician and we gain a rich profile of theentire era here. This is a richly detailed wellwritten life of a criticalfigure in the history of Los Angeles and the modern American West. It is animportant contribution.William Deverell author of Railroad CrossingCalifornians and the Railroad «
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