In the 1930s, engineers with L.A.’s Department of Water and Power performed their most impressive trick yet: they made an entire dam disappear. In 1932, the white concrete face of Mulholland Dam ...

Reliance: L.A.’s history has been tied to the ongoing search for water. The L.A. Aqueduct (clockwise from far left), spans more than 200 miles, its component parts hauled by mule train from the city.

It’s no secret that the L.A. Aqueduct, engineered by William Mulholland, is essential to both L.A.’s history and survival—after all, it has piped water from the Owens Valley for over 100 years. But ...

A portrait of William Mulholland towers over a new exhibit celebrating the 100th anniversary of Los Angeles’ Department of Water and Power at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Griffith Park.

Ask most Angelenos what they think of when they hear the name William Mulholland, and they'll probably mention the curvy road in the Hollywood Hills that bears his name. Mulholland Drive has one of ...

Ninety years ago this week, the worst civil engineering failure in California history claimed more than 450 lives and left a path of staggering destruction. The St. Francis Dam in San Francisquito ...

California lawmakers are expected to approve a bill Tuesday to create a national memorial and monument to victims of the 1928 St. Francis Dam disaster, a civil engineering failure that unleashed an ...

Early on the morning of March 12, 1928, as dam keeper Tony Harnischfeger was conducting a routine inspection of the St. Francis Dam 50 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, he noticed something ...