The St. Francis Dam Disaster RevisitedDoyce Blackman Nunis, Charles N. Johnson The St. Francis Dam was built in San Francisquito Canyon to provide additional storage for the Los Angeles - Owens River Aqueduct. On the night of 12/13 March 1928, it failed catastrophically, killing about 450 people in the San Francisquito and Santa Clara River valleys. |
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WILLIAM MULHOLLAND AND THE ST FRANCIS | 111 |
CHARLES F OUTLAND LOCAL HISTORIAN | 165 |
CONTRIBUTORS | 181 |
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