This is "The Cascades" in Sylmar, CA, where the Los Angeles Aqueduct symbolically enters into the San Fernando Valley in the form of an artificial waterfall. It was completed in 1913 as part of William Mulholland's Owens River Project, a mammoth and controversial engineering project designed to bring water to Los Angeles from the Owens Valley in the Sierras—and without which the city could not have grown much beyond the 85,000 residents that it then struggled to support. Apparently at the dedication ceremony, upon a signal from Mulholland, the gates were opened and water came gushing down The Cascades while the band played "Yankee Doodle Dandy," whereupon Mulholland turned to the Mayor and rather unceremoniously declared: "There it is Mr. Mayor. Take it." This photo was taken in June of 2007, after a reasonable rain. At other times The Cascades is more like a sad trickle.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
10 February 1008/ waterfall
This is "The Cascades" in Sylmar, CA, where the Los Angeles Aqueduct symbolically enters into the San Fernando Valley in the form of an artificial waterfall. It was completed in 1913 as part of William Mulholland's Owens River Project, a mammoth and controversial engineering project designed to bring water to Los Angeles from the Owens Valley in the Sierras—and without which the city could not have grown much beyond the 85,000 residents that it then struggled to support. Apparently at the dedication ceremony, upon a signal from Mulholland, the gates were opened and water came gushing down The Cascades while the band played "Yankee Doodle Dandy," whereupon Mulholland turned to the Mayor and rather unceremoniously declared: "There it is Mr. Mayor. Take it." This photo was taken in June of 2007, after a reasonable rain. At other times The Cascades is more like a sad trickle.
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