los angeles gets its water supply from california aqueduct.
los angeles gets its water supply from california aqueduct.
where does los angeles get its water supply?
california aqueduct
as the los angeles metropolitan area grew in the early 1900s, mulholland and others began looking for new sources of water. eventually, los angeles laid claim to the waters of the owens valley, east of the sierra nevada, and in 1913 completed the los angeles aqueduct to deliver its waters to the burgeoning city. by the early 1920s, los angeles had grown so rapidly that the owens river watershed could no longer supply the city's needs for domestic and agricultural water. by 1923, mulholland and his engineers were looking east to an even larger water supply, the colorado river. the plan was to dam the colorado river and carry its waters across hundreds of miles of mountains and deserts. in 1924, the first steps were taken to create a metropolitan water district, made up of various cities throughout southern california. the metropolitan water district ("met") was incorporated on december 6, 1928, and in 1929 took over where los angeles had left off, planning for a colorado river aqueduct. (during the same period, as a hedge against the possible abandonment of the planned colorado river aqueduct, los angeles also undertook an extension of the los angeles aqueduct to the mono lake basin.)
colorado river aqueduct
the "los angeles pacific railroad" was started in 1899 by sherman and clark, and at its peak had 180 miles of track in the western portions of los angeles county, from pasadena, california to santa monica, running down the coast to redondo beach. the rapid interurban transit of the los angeles pacific railroad, and the pacific electric system, the big red cars, enticed many new residents to los angeles. it also helped los angeles get out the economic slump of the 1890s. it encouraged new investments in manufacturing. on june 16, 1903, los angeles pacific railroad merged with the los angeles-santa monica railroad company and the los angeles, hermosa beach and redondo railway company. the new name after this merger was los angeles pacific railroad of california, but everyone continued to call it the los angeles pacific railroad. in march, 1906, an agreement was reached to sell control of the los angeles pacific to e.h. harriman’s southern pacific railroad for a reported $6 million.
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