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It's very easy to picture Mulholland as corrupt
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Flood in the Desert

It's very easy to pictureMulholland as corrupt, but he wasn't doing this becausehe was...

It's very easy to picture
Mulholland as corrupt, but he wasn't doing this because
he was getting paid off to do it or he was making money off
of it

Full Transcript

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It's very easy to picture Mulholland as corrupt,
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but he wasn't doing this because he was getting paid off to do it
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or he was making money off of it.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:45
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 ...
I think, for him, it's really about his own vision - Flood in the Desert 00:12
I think, for him, it's really about his own vision
I think that's what's driving him. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
I think that's what's driving him.
The threat of shortages - Flood in the Desert 00:10
The threat of shortages
In a dry year, - Flood in the Desert 00:11
In a dry year,
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,