The Mulholland Dam is a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power dam located in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California, east of the Hollywood Freeway. Designed with a storage capacity of 7,900 acre⋅ft (9,700,000 m 3 ) of water at a maximum depth of 183 feet (56 m), the dam forms the Hollywood Reservoir , which collects water from ...

On March 12, 1928, William Mulholland, Los Angeles demigod and chief engineer of the Bureau of Water and Supply, was called out to the imposing St. Francis Dam in San Francisquito Canyon, near...

The Mulholland Dam is a concrete-arched gravity dam constructed between August 1923 and December 1924. Built under the supervision of William Mulholland, chief engineer for the City's Bureau of Water Works and Supply (later DWP), the dam’s sole purpose was creating a new water reservoir for the City of Los Angeles.

The reservoir was created by the Mulholland Dam (built in 1924), designed by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power—then named the Bureau of Water Works and Supply—as part of the city's water storage and supply system.

Sep 14, 2024 · William Mulholland built the Los Angeles aqueduct that brought water from the Owens Valley to Southern California before a dam tragedy ended his career.

May 19, 2017 · Earthmovers slowly piled tons and tons of earth atop its downstream face, trees took root, and the Mulholland Dam disappeared into the Hollywood Hills. Circa 1920s postcard of the Hollywood Reservoir, showing the exposed concrete face of the Mulholland Dam, courtesy of the California State Library.

Jul 19, 2019 · Mulholland Dam at the Hollywood Reservoir, Lake Hollywood Like the St. Francis Dam, the Hollywood Reservoir dam was designed by William Mulholland on behalf of the Bureau of Water Works and Supply, the predecessor to today’s Department of Water and Power.

View of Mulholland Dam and Hollywood Reservoir (also known as Lake Hollywood) both designed and built by engineer William Mulholland, for which the Dam is named after. Construction of these began on August 1923, and they were completed just one year later, in December 1924.

May 3, 2013 · The Mulholland Dam is an elegant structure that was built in 1924. Named after William Mulholland, the engineer responsible for design and construction of the California Aquaduct to Los Angeles. You walk directly across the top of the dam, then follow the paved road around the lake.

The Mulholland Dam, known as “Lake Hollywood” was named for William Mulholland, the self-taught civil engineer who designed and built the Owens River Aqueduct, among other marvels of water engineering.