California For NING
Transcript of California For NING
• California originally entered history as a mythIn
• 1510, the Spanish writer Garci Ordonez de Montalvowrote a sequel to his novel about the people known as the Californians who were black Amazons under the command of Queen Calafia who were at war with people from Constantinople
• They were described as having weapons that were even made out of gold
QUEEN CALAFIA’S ISLAND: PLACE AND FIRST PEOPLE
It was built as a connection between the Atlantic and Pacific
Ocean.
Before the dam was constructed, cargo ships
needed to travel around the South American continent to
reach their Pacific Ocean destinations. The canal was
built as a shortcut.
The construction of the canal was one of the largest civil
engineering projects in history.
THE PANAMA CANAL
In order to support the growing population, massive amounts of
water needed to reach the cities.
A technologically innovative system of dams and aqueducts was created to bring the water to the people.
William Mulholland began his life as an American immigrant digging ditches and other manual labor.
He was hired by the newly founded Los Angeles Water Company, and
went on to become became superintendent of the L.A. water
system and later the head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and
Power.
LOS ANGELES AQUEDUCT