Tom Scott
The Collapsed Dam That Stopped Los Angeles
S5 • E62 Nov 9, 2015 3m
Los Angeles needed water, and lots of it. It still does. And that water comes from the LA Aqueduct, masterplanned by William Mulholland. The end of his career, though, wasn't such a triumph. This is the story of the St Francis Dam, and the collapse that stopped Los Angeles from taking over an entire valley.
