Los Angeles Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Aqueduct
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By Elisabeth Roberts and Pierce Larsen
Video by Tiffany Taylor
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 | 9:31 a.m. PST
Crowds at the L.A. Aqueduct in 1913 // Source: L.A. Aqueduct
Mayor Eric Garcetti and city officials celebrated the Los Angeles Aqueduct centennial on Tuesday.
The ceremony included a reenactment of the first time water flowed into Los Angeles from the Owens Valley in 1913.
The Department of Water and Power hosted an open-house celebration with a live broadcast of the reenactment of the opening of the aqueduct.
Family members of William Mullholland, the aqueduct engineer, attended the event as well.
Neat old photos of the construction of the LA Aqueduct:
http://www.waterandpower.org/museum/Construction_of_the_LA_Aqueduct.html