The annual Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society tour of the site of the March 12, 1928 failure of the St. Francis Dam in ...

The front page of the Los Angeles Times on March 14, 1928 Los Angeles Times It was three minutes before the stroke of midnight on a windy March 12, 1928, when the St. Francis Dam broke. Many of the ...

Under the moonlight of March 12, 1928, a concrete wall meant to hold a city’s future exploded — sending a 10‑story water wall roaring through narrow canyons and farmland, destroying entire towns.

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Nathan learns the heroic efforts of Officers Edwards and Baker during the St. Francis Dam Disaster. Lost LA host Nathan Masters joins writer Geoff Manaugh and CSU Professor José Alamillo to explore ...

Mulholland : a man and an aqueduct -- The dam : site selection and design -- The dam : construction, operation, failure -- Disaster unleashed -- Responsibility and reparations -- The politics of ...

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