The Los Angeles Aqueduct at 100
From the Los Angeles Times:
“As the morning haze peeled off the northern corner of the San Fernando Valley, Fred Barker walked along remnants of an engineering marvel that transformed a dusty railhead into a metropolis … One hundred years ago — Nov. 5, 1913 — 40,000 people gathered on this spot in Sylmar to watch the water arrive for the first time from the Owens Valley.”
Read more/view graphics at the LA Times
Learn more about the Owens Valley on Water Education Foundation’s Aquapedia