Built in the 1920s to hold water for Los Angeles, the St. Francis Dam failed catastrophically just before midnight on March 12, 1928. More than 400 people were killed as water flowed through the failed dam and more than 50 miles to the Pacific Ocean.
St. Francis Dam (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Francis_Dam#Construction_and_mo...
The Story of the St. Francis Dam
(City of Santa Clarita,, California / YouTube video):
youtu.be/YWf6H3l4T4E
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Built in the 1920s to hold water for Los Angeles, the St. Francis Dam failed catastrophically just before midnight on March 12, 1928. More than 400 people were killed as water flowed through the failed dam and more than 50 miles to the Pacific Ocean.
St. Francis Dam (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Francis_Dam#Construction_and_mo...
The Story of the St. Francis Dam
(City of Santa Clarita,, California / YouTube video):
youtu.be/YWf6H3l4T4E
Tags: St. Francis Saint Francis Dam collapse disaster ruins site southern California SoCal San Francisquito canyon creek road water storage policy failure Los Angeles William Mulholland civil engineering concrete
Built in the 1920s to hold water for Los Angeles, the St. Francis Dam failed catastrophically just before midnight on March 12, 1928. More than 400 people were killed as water flowed through the failed dam and more than 50 miles to the Pacific Ocean.
This view is from the remains of the dam, looking upstream into what was the reservoir behind the dam.
St. Francis Dam (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Francis_Dam#Construction_and_mo...
The Story of the St. Francis Dam
(City of Santa Clarita,, California / YouTube video):
youtu.be/YWf6H3l4T4E
Tags: St. Francis Saint Francis Dam collapse disaster ruins site southern California SoCal San Francisquito canyon creek road water storage policy failure Los Angeles William Mulholland civil engineering concrete
Built in the 1920s to hold water for Los Angeles, the St. Francis Dam failed catastrophically just before midnight on March 12, 1928. More than 400 people were killed as water flowed through the failed dam and more than 50 miles to the Pacific Ocean.
Concrete from the dam, either deposited after the dam's failure or when the dam's remains were demolished in the year following the disaster.
St. Francis Dam (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Francis_Dam#Construction_and_mo...
The Story of the St. Francis Dam
(City of Santa Clarita,, California / YouTube video):
youtu.be/YWf6H3l4T4E
Tags: St. Francis Saint Francis Dam collapse disaster ruins site southern California SoCal San Francisquito canyon creek road water storage policy failure Los Angeles William Mulholland civil engineering concrete
Built in the 1920s to hold water for Los Angeles, the St. Francis Dam failed catastrophically just before midnight on March 12, 1928. More than 400 people were killed as water flowed through the failed dam and more than 50 miles to the Pacific Ocean.
This view is from the remains of the dam, looking downstream along the path taken by the sudden surge of water.
St. Francis Dam (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Francis_Dam#Construction_and_mo...
The Story of the St. Francis Dam
(City of Santa Clarita,, California / YouTube video):
youtu.be/YWf6H3l4T4E
Tags: St. Francis Saint Francis Dam collapse disaster ruins site southern California SoCal San Francisquito canyon creek road water storage policy failure Los Angeles William Mulholland civil engineering concrete