St. Francis Dam failure

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More than 600 people died when the dam failed here on March 12, 1928.

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St. Francis Dam

St. Francis Dam

The St. Francis Dam was a curved concrete gravity dam, built to create a large regulating and storage reservoir as part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. It was located in San Francisquito Canyon, about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Los Angeles, California, approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Santa Clarita.

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St. Francis Dam

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