Mulholland Dam

Mulholland Dam and Hollywood Reservoir
L.A. Historic-Cultural Monument  #421
Location:	3005 Lake Hollywood Dr., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates:	34°07′4.83″N 118°19′51.77″W / 34.1180083°N 118.3310472°W / 34.1180083; -118.3310472
Built/Founded:	1924
Designated as LAHCM:	1989[1]

The Mulholland Dam is a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power dam located in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California. The dam impounds the Hollywood Reservoir, holding 2.5 billion US gallons (9,500,000 m³) of water and is 183 feet (56 m) deep.

History

Mulholland Dam was named after its designer, William Mulholland, who was also responsible for the design of the aqueduct and other dams—reservoirs of the Los Angeles Aqueduct System, including the Saint Francis Dam. The Mulholland Dam was completed in 1924. In 1928 the Saint Francis Dam collapsed, causing devastation and over five hundred deaths, and afterwards the Mulholland Dam's face was reinforced by earth.^[2]

In Popular Culture

The Mulholland Dam played a prominent role in the 1974 disaster film Earthquake, although it was named the "Hollywood Reservoir Dam" in the film. After a giant earthquake destroys much of Los Angeles, the dam threatens to collapse, which it does due to aftershocks, and floods Hollywood down to the Mid-Wilshire district of the city.

See also

• William Mulholland
  • St. Francis Dam
• California Water Wars
• Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood

References

1. ^ Los Angeles Department of City Planning (February 28, 2009), Historic - Cultural Monuments (HCM) Listing: City Declared Monuments, City of Los Angeles, http://cityplanning.lacity.org/complan/HCM/dsp_hcm_result.cfm?community=Hollywood, retrieved 2000-03-02 
2. ^ "Earth Guards Dam from Quakes." Popular Science, April 1934

External links

• Mulholland Dam webpage
• Earthquake locations