Los Angeles Aqueduct

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The Los Angeles Aqueduct is a major early-20th-century water conveyance system that transports water from California’s Owens Valley to the city of Los Angeles, profoundly shaping the region’s growth and sparking enduring environmental and political controversies.

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AI-generated illustration of Los Angeles Aqueduct

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Los Angeles Aqueduct (The Los Angeles Aqueduct is a major early-20th-century water conveyance system that transports water from California’s Owens Valley to the city of Los Angeles, profoundly shaping the region’s growth and sparking enduring environmental and political controversies.)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aqueduct ⓘ
water conveyance system ⓘ
chiefEngineer William Mulholland ⓘ
constructionMethod gravity-fed system ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1908 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designedFor municipal water supply ⓘ
urban growth support ⓘ
effect caused ecological changes in Owens River and Owens Lake ⓘ
enabled rapid growth of Los Angeles in the 20th century ⓘ
reduced water availability in Owens Valley ⓘ
endLocation City of Los Angeles ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles
endPoint Los Angeles ⓘ
environmentalIssue dust pollution from Owens Lake bed ⓘ
habitat loss in Owens Valley wetlands ⓘ
hasJurisdiction City of Los Angeles ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles
hasPart First Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ
Second Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ
heritageDesignation American Society of Civil Engineers Historic Civil Engineering Landmark ⓘ
inception 1908 ⓘ
length approximately 419 miles ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
openedBy William Mulholland ⓘ
openingDate 1913 ⓘ
operator Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ⓘ
owner Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ⓘ
partOf Los Angeles water supply system ⓘ
politicalIssue urban versus rural water allocation ⓘ
water rights in Eastern California ⓘ
regionServed Los Angeles ⓘ
Southern California ⓘ
routePassesThrough Antelope Valley ⓘ
Mojave Desert ⓘ
Owens Valley ⓘ
significantEvent Owens Lake desiccation ⓘ
Owens Valley farmers’ sabotage actions in the 1920s ⓘ
Owens Valley water rights controversy ⓘ
environmental conflicts in Owens Valley ⓘ
startLocation Owens Valley ⓘ
startPoint Owens River ⓘ
subjectOf Chinatown (1974 film) ⓘ
numerous environmental studies ⓘ
uses canals ⓘ
conduits ⓘ
siphons ⓘ
tunnels ⓘ
waterSource Eastern Sierra Nevada snowmelt ⓘ
Owens River ⓘ

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Owens Valley → knownFor → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ
Owens River → waterSupplyFor → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ
Owens River → associatedWithProject → Los Angeles Aqueduct project ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles Aqueduct
California Aqueduct → relatedProject → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ
Owens Lake → partOf → Los Angeles Aqueduct system watershed ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles Aqueduct
Owens Valley water wars → involves → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ
Los Angeles Aqueduct → hasPart → First Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles Aqueduct
Los Angeles Aqueduct → hasPart → Second Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles Aqueduct
Silver Lake Reservoir → waterSource → Los Angeles Aqueduct system ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles Aqueduct
Evelyn Mulwray → associatedWith → Los Angeles aqueduct ⓘ
subject linked to: Evelyn Mulwray – Faye Dunaway
linked to: Los Angeles Aqueduct
Crowley Lake → partOf → Los Angeles Aqueduct system ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles Aqueduct
Lower Owens River → partOf → Los Angeles Aqueduct system (regional water management context) ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles Aqueduct
William Mulholland → notableWork → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ
William Mulholland → designed → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ
Lower Owens River Project → relatedTo → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ
Frederick Eaton → notableWork → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ
Owens River Valley → historicalEvent → Los Angeles Aqueduct construction ⓘ
subject linked to: Owens River valley
linked to: Los Angeles Aqueduct
Owens River Valley → waterDivertedBy → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ
subject linked to: Owens River valley
20th-century Los Angeles → waterInfrastructure → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ
St. Francis Dam disaster → relatedTo → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ