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Aerial view of rushing flood waters destroying homes and crops in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Aerial view of rushing flood waters destroying homes in North Hollywood. The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was a major flooding event that affected much of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Riverside County. The flood was responsible for destroying 5,601 homes, damaging 1,500 homes, and killing approximately 110 people.
Date:
March 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Aerial view of rushing flood waters destroying homes and crops in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1938

Crowd gathered to witness heavy seas at Redondo Beach, January 1940

Description:
A crowd gathered to see heavy seas at Redondo Beach. In January 1940 the southern stretch of Santa Monica Bay was battered by 25-foot waves, caused by a combination of heavy rain and a mysterious sea disturbance allegedly caused by a submarine. Waves caused damage to shorefront property and at least one person was reported injured.
Date:
January 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Crowd gathered to witness heavy seas at Redondo Beach, January 1940

Damage after near-tornado level winds and rain strike Alhambra and neighboring communities. February 13, 1936.

Description:
Damage after near-tornado level winds and rain strike Alhambra and neighboring communities of Long Beach and Torrance. Damage in Alhambra extended from City Park to Alhambra Road and Raymond avenue in the northeast, and to Poplar street and Freemont avenue in the southwest. February 13, 1936.
Date:
February 13, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Damage after near-tornado level winds and rain strike Alhambra and neighboring communities. February 13, 1936.

Distant view of remaining center portion of the St. Francis Dam visible after its disastrous collapse, San Francisquito Canyon (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 13, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Distant view of remaining center portion of the St. Francis Dam visible after its disastrous collapse, San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.), 1928

Downward view towards the remaining center portion of the St. Francis Dam after its disastrous collapse, San Francisquito Canyon (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
Downward view towards the remaining center portion of the St. Francis Dam after its disastrous collapse, San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.), 1928

Flooded area near Los Angeles aqueduct, [1924-1931?]

Description:
The Los Angeles aqueduct was bombed or otherwise vandalized in at least 10 incidents from 1924 to 1931. Cf. (1) Los Angeles Times article, 20 June 1927, “City Aqueduct Again Blasted, Dynamite Tears Out Sixteen-Foot Section, Fourth Recent Outrage Done During Night Hours, Explosion Occurs Two Miles South of Lone Pine.” The article states: “A heavy charge of dynamite exploded in the fourth attempt within the past month … shattered a sixteen-foot panel of waterway at the Puddle Creek Delta, two miles southwest of Lone Pine … Other outrages. Previous acts of violence against the Aqueduct are as follows: On the 5th inst., the side walls of a large open concrete conduit at the mouth of Cottonwood Canyon were wrecked by a charge of dynamite … May 28, 1927: Approximately 300 feet of the Aqueduct system was blown out at Big Pine … May 27, 1927: … a charge of explosive in No Name Canyon destroying about 450 feet of iron pipe … May 14, 1926: A ten-foot hole was torn out of the concrete Aqueduct by dynamite … about one mile south of the spillway in the Alabama Hills. November 24, 1924: A mob of men … opened the Alabama control gates … between Independence and Lone Pine … May 21, 1924: A heavy charge of dynamite was set off against an open portion of the Aqueduct at a point two miles north of Lone Pine. … No actual damage …” Cf. (2) Los Angeles Times article, 17 July 1927, “Blasts Peril Owens Mills, New Aqueduct Dynamitings Bring Contingency, Lake Level May Tie Up Chemical Plants, Large Repair Crews Rush Reconstruction Work.” The article states: “… two dynamite blasts … early yesterday wrecked the Aqueduct … The latest explosions occurred at Thebaut gate, eight miles north of Independence, and at Tuttle Creek south of Lone Pine. …” Cf. (3) Los Angeles Times article, 3 Nov. 1931, “Officers Trail Aqueduct Dynamiting Suspects, One of Pair Sought Here as Blast Rips Grapevine Siphon; No Water Shortage.” The article states: “Two men were being sought last night for complicity in the explosion of a terrific charge of dynamite which … tore out a section of the grapevine siphon on the Los Angeles Aqueduct, about fifty miles north of Mojave. …”
Date:
[1924-1931?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Flooded area near Los Angeles aqueduct, [1924-1931?]

Flooded area with houses in the distance 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 13, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Flooded area with houses in the distance following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

House destroyed by the flood 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 Photographic Collection
House destroyed by the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Santa Clara River Valley (Calif.), 1928

Main Highway Bridge at Castaic Junction destroyed by the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Castaic vicinity (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 13, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Main Highway Bridge at Castaic Junction destroyed by the flood following the failure of the Saint Francis Dam, Castaic vicinity (Calif.), 1928

Man builds a barrier to protect a waterfront structure from heavy seas at Redondo Beach, January 1940

Description:
Man protects a waterfront structure from heavy seas at Redondo Beach. In January 1940 the southern stretch of Santa Monica Bay was battered by 25-foot waves, caused by a combination of heavy rain and a mysterious sea disturbance allegedly caused by a submarine. Waves caused damage to shorefront property and at least one person was reported injured.
Date:
January 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Man builds a barrier to protect a waterfront structure from heavy seas at Redondo Beach, January 1940

Men fill sandbags at Redondo Beach to protect against heavy seas, January 1940

Description:
Men fill sandbags at Redondo Beach to use against heavy seas. In January 1940 the southern stretch of Santa Monica Bay was battered by 25-foot waves, caused by a combination of heavy rain and a mysterious sea disturbance allegedly caused by a submarine. Waves caused damage to shorefront property and at least one person was reported injured.
Date:
January 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Men fill sandbags at Redondo Beach to protect against heavy seas, January 1940

Men use sandbags to protect a waterfront structure from heavy seas at Redondo Beach, January 1940

Description:
Men use sandbags to protect a waterfront structure from heavy seas at Redondo Beach. In January 1940 the southern stretch of Santa Monica Bay was battered by 25-foot waves, caused by a combination of heavy rain and a mysterious sea disturbance allegedly caused by a submarine. Waves caused damage to shorefront property and at least one person was reported injured.
Date:
January 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Men use sandbags to protect a waterfront structure from heavy seas at Redondo Beach, January 1940

Men use sandbags to protect a waterfront structure from heavy seas at Redondo Beach, January 1940

Description:
Men use sandbags to protect a waterfront structure from heavy seas at Redondo Beach. In January 1940 the southern stretch of Santa Monica Bay was battered by 25-foot waves, caused by a combination of heavy rain and a mysterious sea disturbance allegedly caused by a submarine. Waves caused damage to shorefront property and at least one person was reported injured.
Date:
January 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Men use sandbags to protect a waterfront structure from heavy seas at Redondo Beach, January 1940

Remains of the failed Saint Francis Dam, San Francisquito Canyon (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:
1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Remains of the failed Saint Francis Dam, San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.), 1928