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.
Flood relief workers (?) eating at a u-shaped bar following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam. There are 7 women food workers in the center and 3 women in the background. The 2 women wearing white headdresses might be Red Cross volunteers.
View of two Red Cross workers sorting clothing donations for survivors of the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam. The 2 women are inspecting, sorting or selecting clothing. Behind them is a high pile of boxes and cloth bags full of donated clothing.
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.
View of a roadside area deeply eroded by the flood that followed the failure of the Saint Francis Dam in the foreground. Flood relief work is underway in the background with workmen, trucks and a portable crane, in the form of a lifting tripod, visible on the right between utility poles.
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.
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.
View of workmen constructing a bridge in the Santa Clara River Valley following the flood that resulted from the failure of the Saint Francis Dam. The flood destroyed almost all of the bridges in its path.
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.
View of 4 women washing clothes in a relief camp laundry in a tent after the failure of the Saint Francis Dam and resulting flood. They are working with piles of laundry at 4, square concrete sinks and a portable wash tub on wheels. A label on a tent post reads "From [illegible writing] / Company B, 160th Infantry / Armory, Exposition Park / Los Angeles, Calif. / To Supply Officer / 160th Infantry..." The 2 women wearing white headdresses might be Red Cross volunteers.
