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Men and children in a relief camp for flood victims following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
View of 11 men and 4 children standing outside of tents in a relief camp for people who were displaced by the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam. About 17 tents are visible, with a wooden building the center and mountains in the background.
Date:
March 1928
1928-03
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Men and children in a relief camp for flood victims following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Flood relief workers outside a Victorian building after the flood resulting from the failure of the St. Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley, 1928

Description:
View of flood relief workers gathered between a tent and a truck outside a 3-story Victorian building after the flood resulting from the failure of the St. Francis Dam. A temporary canvas awning is attached to the side of the building. Several of the men have their hands in their pockets on what may have been a chilly day.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Flood relief workers outside a Victorian building after the flood resulting from the failure of the St. Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley, 1928

Flooded road and surrounding area following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Flooded road and surrounding area following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Building construction following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam and resulting flood, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection
Building construction following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam and resulting flood, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Agricultural field with mud and plant debris after the flood caused by the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
The St. Francis Dam was a 200-foot high concrete gravity-arch dam built between 1924 and 1926 in St. Francisquito Canyon (near present-day Castaic and Santa Clarita). The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928 at two and a half minutes before midnight. The resulting flood killed more than 600 residents plus an unknown number of itinerant farm workers camped in San Francisquito Canyon, making it the 2nd greatest loss of life in California after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It is considered the worst American civil engineering failure in the 20th century.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Agricultural field with mud and plant debris after the flood caused by the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928
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