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Flood in the Desert

This is the second-largeststorage reservoir in Southern California

This is the second-largest
storage reservoir in Southern California

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This is the second-largest storage reservoir
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in Southern California.
Duration
7 seconds
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33
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:46
Uploaded
Mar 28, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history

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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 ...
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
To the city and to Mulholland, this is terrorism. - Flood in the Desert 00:07
To the city and to Mulholland, this is terrorism.
You are destroying the water supply - Flood in the Desert 00:08
You are destroying the water supply
Six months after the first attack, - Flood in the Desert 00:15
Six months after the first attack,
They wouldn't restore the aqueduct flow, they said, - Flood in the Desert 00:12
They wouldn't restore the aqueduct flow, they said,
The siege lasted four days, - Flood in the Desert 00:09
The siege lasted four days,
To Mulholland's annoyance, - Flood in the Desert 00:13
To Mulholland's annoyance,
There are multiple layers of irony here. - Flood in the Desert 00:06
There are multiple layers of irony here.
When the settlers of the Owens Valley - Flood in the Desert 00:17
When the settlers of the Owens Valley