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The Boulder Dam project
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Flood in the Desert

The Boulder Dam project, which becomes the Hoover Dam, is an undertaking that to take...

The Boulder Dam project, which becomes the Hoover Dam, is an undertaking that
even dwarfs the aqueduct: to take water from the
Colorado River, move it to various places along
Southern California

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The Boulder Dam project,
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which becomes the Hoover Dam,
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is an undertaking that even dwarfs the aqueduct:
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to take water from the Colorado River, move it
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to various places along Southern California.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:13
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 ...
Mulholland is a consultant to that project. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
Mulholland is a consultant to that project.
It feeds into his vision of what - Flood in the Desert 00:08
It feeds into his vision of what
Even as the biggest dam he'd ever built - Flood in the Desert 00:20
Even as the biggest dam he'd ever built
All the while, behind the St. Francis Dam, - Flood in the Desert 00:09
All the while, behind the St. Francis Dam,
When it's completed in the spring of 1926, - Flood in the Desert 00:09
When it's completed in the spring of 1926,
There are a number of dynamite attacks - Flood in the Desert 00:07
There are a number of dynamite attacks
I think they don't want to draw attention to it. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
I think they don't want to draw attention to it.
The official reticence did nothing to pacify - Flood in the Desert 00:09
The official reticence did nothing to pacify
On May 27, 1927, an explosion - Flood in the Desert 00:10
On May 27, 1927, an explosion
A few nights later, - Flood in the Desert 00:07
A few nights later,
By the end of June, there had been - Flood in the Desert 00:12
By the end of June, there had been
The authorities had yet to make a single arrest. - Flood in the Desert 00:05
The authorities had yet to make a single arrest.
No one in the valley was talking. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
No one in the valley was talking.
Hundreds of armed guards were sent in. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
Hundreds of armed guards were sent in.
To locals, they were an occupying army. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
To locals, they were an occupying army.
Despite the worries about sabotage, - Flood in the Desert 00:09
Despite the worries about sabotage,
The Santa Clara River Valley stretched 50 miles - Flood in the Desert 00:17
The Santa Clara River Valley stretched 50 miles
There were some groups that had been there for generations, - Flood in the Desert 00:11
There were some groups that had been there for generations,
But many were starting to arrive, really, - Flood in the Desert 00:12
But many were starting to arrive, really,
Half the people in Santa Paula were of Mexican descent, - Flood in the Desert 00:10
Half the people in Santa Paula were of Mexican descent,