Water and Power Associates

Mystery History Answers (April 2020)


At the corner of Riverside Drive and Los Feliz Boulevard in Los Feliz, spitting distance from the Los Angeles River, you’ll find a shrine to the “Father” of L.A.’s water system, William Mulholland – built approximately on the site where Mulholland once lived in a cabin, worked as a water laborer (technically a ditch-tender) and taught himself to be a civil engineer.

What year was the Mulholland Fountain built?

A) 1920

B) 1930

C) 1940 - X

D) 1950

True or False?

The following were also named for William Mulholland:

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False

◆ Mulholland Dam

◆ Mulholland American Whiskey

◆ Liberty Ship S.S. Mulholland

◆ Mulholland Theatre

◆ Mulholland Town

◆ Mulholland Highway

◆ Mulholland Drive

◆ Mulholland Middle School

◆ Mulholland Military Academy

◆ Mulholland Pump Station

◆ Mulholland Virtual Museum

X

X

X

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X

X

X

X

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X

X

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X

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X

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