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Water and Power: The Conflict over Los Angeles Water Supply in the Owens Valley. University of California. ISBN 0-520-05068-1. Mead, Elwood; Hill, Louis; Beach, Lansing (1928). Report of Committee appointed by the City Council of Los Angeles to investigate and report the cause of the failure of the St. Francis Dam (Report). Outland, Charles F ...
The Mulholland Dam is a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power dam located in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California, east of the Hollywood Freeway.Designed with a storage capacity of 7,900 acre⋅ft (9,700,000 m 3) of water at a maximum depth of 183 feet (56 m), the dam forms the Hollywood Reservoir, which collects water from various aqueducts and impounds the creek of Weid Canyon.
In 1922, the dam was raised 18 feet (5.5 m) with rolled fill. [1] [4] The Lower Van Norman Dam was constructed with hydraulic and rolled fill. Hydraulic fill height was about 102.4 feet (31.2 m), while rolled fill was added at least five times in the dam's history, each time increasing the dam's height, totaling 39.6 feet (12.1 m) rolled fill.
Mud was already flowing across the Hollywood Hills, damaging homes and forcing residents to flee. In Studio City late Sunday, a debris flow sent mud and other objects flowing down the 11900 block ...
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Year Structure Location Type Casualties 1900: 1900 Big Game disaster: San Francisco, California, United States : Factory: 23 dead, 100+ injured 1902: St. Mark's Campanile: Venice, Italy
Roughly 14,400 gallons of untreated sewage forced Los Angeles County public health officials to warn people to stay out of the water at Dockweiler State Beach, Venice Beach and the surrounding area.
The reservoir was created by the Mulholland Dam (built in 1924), designed by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power—then named the Bureau of Water Works and Supply—as part of the city's water storage and supply system. [2] [3] The Hollywood Reservoir has appeared in films such as Earthquake (1974).