Water to the angels

By Les Standiford

Subjects: nyt:travel=2015-05-10, Water-supply engineers, Biography, New York Times bestseller, Engineers, biography, Los angeles (calif.), biography, Los angeles (calif.), history, History, Water-supply, united states, Water-supply

Description: Documents the story of William Mulholland's Los Angeles aqueduct, the largest public water project ever built, describing how it transformed a small desert city into a modern metropolis.