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Mulholland Dam
The Mulholland Dam is a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power dam located in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California, east of the Hollywood Freeway. Designed with a storage capacity of of water at a maximum depth of , the dam forms the Hollywood Reservoir, which collects water from various aqueducts and impounds the creek of Weid Canyon. History The dam was originally named Weid Canyon Dam, then Hollywood Dam. Finally, it was renamed Mulholland Dam in honor of William Mulholland, at the time the General Manager and Chief Engineer of the Bureau of Water Works and Supply, a predecessor of today's Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Mulholland was responsible for the design and construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and much of the city's water system, including many of the early earthen dams and storage reservoirs. It is located in what was originally called Holly Canyon and then Weid Canyon, after an immigrant from Odense, Denmark, named Ivar Weid, who lived i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles
The Hollywood Hills are a residential neighborhood in the Central Los Angeles, central region of Los Angeles, California. Geography The Hollywood Hills straddle the Cahuenga Pass within the Santa Monica Mountains. The neighborhood touches Studio City, Universal City, California, Universal City and Burbank, California, Burbank on the north, Griffith Park on the north and east, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, Los Feliz on the southeast, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood on the south and Hollywood Hills West on the west. It includes Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery, the Hollywood Reservoir, the Hollywood Sign, the Hollywood Bowl and the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, John Anson Ford Theater.''The Thomas Guide,'' 2006, pages 563 and 593 Hollywood Hills is bisected southeast–northwest by U.S. Route 101 in California, US 101. The neighborhood is bounded on the northwest and north by the Los Angeles city limits, ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Clarita River Valley
Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring children gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve of toys and candy or coal or nothing, depending on whether they are "naughty or nice". In the legend, he accomplishes this with the aid of Christmas elves, who make the toys in his workshop, often said to be at the North Pole, and flying reindeer who pull his sleigh through the air. The modern figure of Santa is based on folklore traditions surrounding Saint Nicholas, the English figure of Father Christmas and the Dutch figure of ''Sinterklaas''. Santa is generally depicted as a portly, jolly, white-bearded man, often with spectacles, wearing a red coat with white fur collar and cuffs, white-fur-cuffed red trousers, red hat with white fur, and black leather belt and boots, carrying a bag full of gifts for childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
