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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.
William Mulholland (September 11, 1855 – July 22, 1935) was an Irish American self-taught civil engineer who was responsible for building the infrastructure to provide a water supply that allowed Los Angeles to grow into the largest city in California.
The city of St. Louis is an independent city separate from St. Louis County, so properties and districts in the city of St. Louis are listed here. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 7, 2025. [2]
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).
National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown and Downtown West St. Louis (133 listings) National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis north and west of downtown (191 listings) National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis south and west of downtown (115 listings)
The Missouri Historical Society was founded in St. Louis on August 11, 1866. [1] Founding members created the historical society "for the purpose of saving from oblivion the early history of the city and state". [2] [3]
This dredging pit along the Tuolumne River, right, will be filled in to create a low flood plain as part of the Basso/La Grange floodplain and spawning habitat restoration project in La Grange ...
Missouri History museum entrance in 2023. The Missouri History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, showcases Missouri history. It is operated by the Missouri Historical Society, which was founded in 1866. Museum admission is free through a public subsidy by the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District.