William Mulholland

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William Mulholland was an influential early 20th-century civil engineer who masterminded Los Angeles’s water infrastructure, most famously the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which transformed the city’s growth and sparked major water-rights controversies.

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William Mulholland canonical 10

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instanceOf Irish-American ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
public official ⓘ
activeIn early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
associatedWith St. Francis Dam disaster ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
citizenship United States ⓘ
controversy environmental and social impact on Owens Valley ⓘ
water-rights disputes with Owens Valley farmers ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1855-09-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1935-07-22 ⓘ
designed Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ
employer Los Angeles City Water Company ⓘ
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Irish ⓘ
familyName Mulholland ⓘ
linked to: Dirt Mulholland
fieldOfWork civil engineering ⓘ
hydraulic engineering ⓘ
fullName William Mulholland ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasMemorial Mulholland Dam ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood Dam

Mulholland Drive ⓘ
William Mulholland Memorial Fountain ⓘ
influenced growth of Los Angeles ⓘ
knownFor Owens Valley water-rights disputes ⓘ
developing Los Angeles water infrastructure ⓘ
large-scale water diversion projects ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movedTo Los Angeles ⓘ
United States ⓘ
notableEvent Owens Valley water rights controversy ⓘ
construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ
notableWork Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ
Los Angeles municipal water system expansion ⓘ
Mulholland Dam ⓘ
linked to: Hollywood Dam
placeOfBirth Belfast ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
placeOfDeath California ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
United States ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Engineer of the Los Angeles Bureau of Water Works and Supply ⓘ
General Manager of the Los Angeles Bureau of Water Works and Supply ⓘ
residence California ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
roleInEvent responsible engineer in St. Francis Dam failure investigation ⓘ

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Owens River → historicalPeopleAssociated → William Mulholland ⓘ
Los Angeles Aqueduct → openedBy → William Mulholland ⓘ
Los Angeles Aqueduct → chiefEngineer → William Mulholland ⓘ
Mulholland Drive → namedAfter → William Mulholland ⓘ
William Mulholland → fullName → William Mulholland ⓘ
Mulholland Drive area → namedAfter → William Mulholland ⓘ
Hollis Mulwray → basedOn → William Mulholland ⓘ
St. Francis Dam disaster → designedBy → William Mulholland ⓘ