Mulholland, William

Mulholland, William,

1855–1935, American engineer, b. Belfast, Ireland. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1877, becoming a laborer for the local water company. Despite his lack of formal training, he eventually became head of the city's water department. Mulholland supervised the building (1908–15) of a 233-mile (375-km) aqueduct from the Owens River in the Sierra Nevada to the city, supposedly to supply the city's growing needs. Subterfuge was used to acquire the water rights, allowing the city to block Owens Valley irrigation project, and much of the water went not to Los Angeles but the San Fernando Valley, where speculators had acquired land in anticipation. The aqueduct also sparked the "Owens Valley war," in which farmers angered over the loss of irrigation water dynamited sections of the aqueduct in the 1920s. Mulholland resigned in 1928 after the collapse of the city's St. Francis Dam in the Santa Clara Valley, which killed hundreds and flooded some 140 sq mi (360 sq km).

Bibliography

See biography by C. Mulholland (2002); study by L. Standiford (2015).

Mulholland, William

(1855–1935) civil engineer; born in Belfast, Ireland. He came to the U.S.A. about 1872 and settled in California in 1877. Between 1886 and 1928 he designed and built the water system that supplies Los Angeles, including the 500-mile long aqueduct from the Sierra Nevada to Los Angeles (1913–19) and a series of 27 earth dams for storage. He retired in 1928.

单词	mulholland, william
释义	Mulholland, William Mulholland, William, 1855–1935, American engineer, b. Belfast, Ireland. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1877, becoming a laborer for the local water company. Despite his lack of formal training, he eventually became head of the city's water department. Mulholland supervised the building (1908–15) of a 233-mile (375-km) aqueduct from the Owens River in the Sierra Nevada to the city, supposedly to supply the city's growing needs. Subterfuge was used to acquire the water rights, allowing the city to block Owens Valley irrigation project, and much of the water went not to Los Angeles but the San Fernando Valley, where speculators had acquired land in anticipation. The aqueduct also sparked the "Owens Valley war," in which farmers angered over the loss of irrigation water dynamited sections of the aqueduct in the 1920s. Mulholland resigned in 1928 after the collapse of the city's St. Francis Dam in the Santa Clara Valley, which killed hundreds and flooded some 140 sq mi (360 sq km). Bibliography See biography by C. Mulholland (2002); study by L. Standiford (2015). Mulholland, William (1855–1935) civil engineer; born in Belfast, Ireland. He came to the U.S.A. about 1872 and settled in California in 1877. Between 1886 and 1928 he designed and built the water system that supplies Los Angeles, including the 500-mile long aqueduct from the Sierra Nevada to Los Angeles (1913–19) and a series of 27 earth dams for storage. He retired in 1928.
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