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Workers using tractors to clear flood debris after the flood resulting from the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
View of workers using tractors to clear flood debris, including dead trees and a ruined building, after the flood resulting from the failure of the Saint Francis Dam. The regularly spaced trees in the background appear to be a ruined orchard.
Date:
March 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Workers using tractors to clear flood debris after the flood resulting from the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Workers using a tractor to clear debris after the flood resulting from the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif), 1928

Description:
View of workers using tractors to clear flood debris, including dead trees and a ruined building, after the flood resulting from the failure of the Saint Francis Dam. The dam collapsed on March 12, 1928. 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
Workers using a tractor to clear debris after the flood resulting from the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif), 1928

Workers clear flood debris after the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Description:
Workers clear flood debris with tractors after the flood resulting from the failure of the Saint Francis Dam. on March 12. 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
Workers clear flood debris after the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928