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Big Bill Mulholland, the
problem solver
• Mulholland was the first civil engineer
to recognize the hazard posed to water
supply systems by active faults.
• He identified the San Andreas fault
zone 400 ft beneath Lake Elizabeth
• Saving miners trapped in a collapse of
the Elizabeth Lake Tunnel by using
pipes and hard boiled eggs