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Tag: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power history

  • Biographies

Hail to the Chief: William Mulholland’s Rise as Los Angeles’ Water Guru, 1877-1902

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 8, 2022July 9, 2022
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  • Places & Communities

“With Confidence and Satisfaction”: Los Angeles Gas and Electric Corporation’s “The L.A. Service Review,” 1 April 1929

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 1, 2021April 2, 2021
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  • Transportation & Infrastructure

“The Building Up of a Great Metropolitan Industrial Center”: A Bureau of Power and Light Pamphlet, Los Angeles, 11 October 1920

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on October 11, 2020January 4, 2021
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  • Disasters

“An Error in Human Judgment”: Photos of the St. Francis Dam Collapse, 8 April 1928

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 8, 2020January 4, 2021
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