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Yesterday marked the 90th anniversary of the 1928 St. Francis Dam Disaster, the second greatest disaster in California history. 400 lives, and possibly more were lost. At tonight's Santa Clarita Council Meeting, the following special video was presented. #SantaClaritaValley #SantaClarita #StFrancisDam #StFrancisDamDisaster | City of Santa Clarita Government
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Yesterday marked the 90th anniversary of the 1928 St. Francis Dam Disaster, the second greatest disaster in California history. 400 lives, and possibly more were lost. At tonight's Santa Clarita Council Meeting, the following special video was presented. #SantaClaritaValley #SantaClarita #StFrancisDam #StFrancisDamDisaster | City of Santa Clarita Government
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The St. Francis Dam didn't break from bad concrete. It broke because the ground beneath it failed. On March 12, 1928, this Los Angeles water supply dam held 12.4 billion gallons. Just before midnight, the foundation—built on unstable geological formations—collapsed catastrophically. The concrete structure itself remained largely intact as it slid away. Over 400 people died in the Santa Clara River Valley as the floodwaters rushed 54 miles to the ocean. Dam designer William Mulholland's career en
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The St. Francis Dam didn't break from bad concrete. It broke because the ground beneath it failed. On March 12, 1928, this Los Angeles water supply dam held 12.4 billion gallons. Just before midnight, the foundation—built on unstable geological formations—collapsed catastrophically. The concrete structure itself remained largely intact as it slid away. Over 400 people died in the Santa Clara River Valley as the floodwaters rushed 54 miles to the ocean. Dam designer William Mulholland's career en
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The St Francis Dam disaster of 1928 is considered the worst American civil engineering disaster of the 20th century William Mulholland, of which Mulholland Drive is named after, hastily oversaw the project. He ignored geologists warnings to not build the dam due to unstable foundations and went a step further by opting to use cheaper materials to get the job done quicker. Why? Because LA needed more water and fast. But this dam construction came right after building the first ever long distance
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