It is named after pioneering los angeles civil engineer william mulholland. It is the anglicized form of irish 'descendant of maolchalann, a personal name meaning chief of the calends'. With naomi watts, jeanne bates, dan birnbaum, laura harring William mulholland built the los angeles aqueduct that brought water from the owens valley to southern california before a dam tragedy ended his career. Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the second deadliest disaster in california history
A colossal engineering failure, the dam was built by william mulholland, who had ensured the growth of los.
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