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Flood in the Desert

In a dry year, if there isn't a lot of snowin the Sierra Nevada, the aqueduct won't...

In a dry year, if there isn't a lot of snow
in the Sierra Nevada, the aqueduct won't deliver
as much water to Los Angeles

Full Transcript

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In a dry year,
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if there isn't a lot of snow in the Sierra Nevada,
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the aqueduct won't deliver as much water to Los Angeles.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:19
Uploaded
Mar 28, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history

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Movie Summary

Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the 2nd deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland, who had ensured the growth of Los Angeles by bringing water to the city via ...
So they need storage, - Flood in the Desert 00:11
So they need storage,
In the summer of 1922, - Flood in the Desert 00:28
In the summer of 1922,
The St. Francis Dam and the Hollywood Dam - Flood in the Desert 00:20
The St. Francis Dam and the Hollywood Dam
Plans were drawn up in Mulholland's offices - Flood in the Desert 00:07
Plans were drawn up in Mulholland's offices
20 years before, the city had required - Flood in the Desert 00:09
20 years before, the city had required
But that was then. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
But that was then.
This is that sense - Flood in the Desert 00:10
This is that sense
This is the second-largest storage reservoir - Flood in the Desert 00:07
This is the second-largest storage reservoir
It should have had peer review; - Flood in the Desert 00:10
It should have had peer review;
But nobody's questioning him by the time you get to 1922. - Flood in the Desert 00:08
But nobody's questioning him by the time you get to 192...
It had been 12 years since Mulholland's crews - Flood in the Desert 00:18
It had been 12 years since Mulholland's crews
The Powerhouse 2 workers and their families - Flood in the Desert 00:10
The Powerhouse 2 workers and their families
Now their quiet little community - Flood in the Desert 00:09
Now their quiet little community
But just as the project was gearing up, - Flood in the Desert 00:08
But just as the project was gearing up,
On the 21st of May 1924, - Flood in the Desert 00:11
On the 21st of May 1924,
The damage was repaired within a few days, - Flood in the Desert 00:12
The damage was repaired within a few days,
The aqueduct was a disaster for Owens Valley. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
The aqueduct was a disaster for Owens Valley.
The people who lived there lost almost all of their water. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
The people who lived there lost almost all of their water.
It became such a desolate place. - Flood in the Desert 00:08
It became such a desolate place.
It was a complete undoing - Flood in the Desert 00:09
It was a complete undoing