Los Angeles Aqueduct

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aqueduct water conveyance system

The Los Angeles Aqueduct is a major early-20th-century water conveyance system that transports water from California’s Owens Valley to the city of Los Angeles, profoundly shaping the region’s growth and sparking enduring environmental and political controversies.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Los Angeles Aqueduct canonical	8
Los Angeles Aqueduct system	2
First Los Angeles Aqueduct	1
Los Angeles Aqueduct project	1
Los Angeles Aqueduct system (regional water management context)	1
Los Angeles Aqueduct system watershed	1
Los Angeles aqueduct	1
Second Los Angeles Aqueduct	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aqueduct ⓘ water conveyance system ⓘ
chiefEngineer	William Mulholland ⓘ
constructionMethod	gravity-fed system ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1908 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designedFor	municipal water supply ⓘ urban growth support ⓘ
effect	caused ecological changes in Owens River and Owens Lake ⓘ enabled rapid growth of Los Angeles in the 20th century ⓘ reduced water availability in Owens Valley ⓘ
endLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: City of Los Angeles
endPoint	Los Angeles ⓘ
environmentalIssue	dust pollution from Owens Lake bed ⓘ habitat loss in Owens Valley wetlands ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: City of Los Angeles
hasPart	Los Angeles Aqueduct self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Los Angeles Aqueduct Los Angeles Aqueduct self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Second Los Angeles Aqueduct
heritageDesignation	National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark ⓘ surface form: American Society of Civil Engineers Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
inception	1908 ⓘ
length	approximately 419 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
locatedInTimePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
openedBy	William Mulholland ⓘ
openingDate	1913 ⓘ
operator	Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ⓘ
owner	Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ⓘ
partOf	Los Angeles water supply system ⓘ
politicalIssue	urban versus rural water allocation ⓘ water rights in Eastern California ⓘ
regionServed	Los Angeles ⓘ Southern California ⓘ
routePassesThrough	Antelope Valley ⓘ Mojave Desert ⓘ Owens Valley ⓘ
significantEvent	Owens Lake desiccation ⓘ Owens Valley farmers’ sabotage actions in the 1920s ⓘ Owens Valley water wars ⓘ surface form: Owens Valley water rights controversy environmental conflicts in Owens Valley ⓘ
startLocation	Owens Valley ⓘ
startPoint	Owens River ⓘ
subjectOf	Chinatown film series ⓘ surface form: Chinatown (1974 film) numerous environmental studies ⓘ
uses	canals ⓘ conduits ⓘ siphons ⓘ tunnels ⓘ
waterSource	Eastern Sierra Nevada snowmelt ⓘ Owens River ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Owens Valley → knownFor → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ

Owens River → waterSupplyFor → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ

Owens River → associatedWithProject → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Angeles Aqueduct project

California Aqueduct → relatedProject → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ

Owens Lake → partOf → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Angeles Aqueduct system watershed

Owens Valley water wars → involves → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power → manages → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ

Los Angeles Aqueduct → hasPart → Los Angeles Aqueduct self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Los Angeles Aqueduct

Los Angeles Aqueduct → hasPart → Los Angeles Aqueduct self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Los Angeles Aqueduct

Silver Lake Reservoir → waterSource → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Angeles Aqueduct system

Evelyn Mulwray – Faye Dunaway → associatedWith → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ

subject surface form: Evelyn Mulwray

this entity surface form: Los Angeles aqueduct

Crowley Lake → partOf → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Angeles Aqueduct system

Lower Owens River → partOf → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ

this entity surface form: Los Angeles Aqueduct system (regional water management context)

William Mulholland → notableWork → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ

William Mulholland → designed → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ

Lower Owens River Project → relatedTo → Los Angeles Aqueduct ⓘ