On March 14, 1928, the collapse of St. Francis Dam, responsible for transporting water to Los Angeles County, was reported worldwide, reporting up-to-date details of the tragedy.

Rancho Camulos Museum in Piru will present a special program, "After the Break," on Saturday March 14 at 1 p.m. The event will include a presentation by historian Ann Stansell, who explores the ...

William Mulholland was the savior of Southern California until he wasn’t Matt Blitz The front page of the Los Angeles Times on March 14, 1928 Los Angeles Times It was three minutes before the stroke ...

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Trace the devastation of the 1928 St. Francis Dam collapse and its deadly flood. Author Geoff Manaugh joins Nathan to understand the 1928 St. Francis Dam collapse, which unleashed a deadly flood that ...

In the early morning hours of March 12, 1928, one of the worst engineering disasters in American history unfolded in a quiet canyon north of Los Angeles. At 12:03 a.m., the St. Francis Dam suddenly ...

In March 1928, the St. Francis Dam in California suddenly collapsed, releasing nearly 122 billion gallons of water into the canyon below. The massive flood destroyed towns and killed hundreds of ...

On March 14, 1928, the St. Francis Dam, responsible for transporting water to Los Angeles County, collapsed and was considered one of the greatest civil engineering disasters of the 20th century in ...

The front page of the Los Angeles Times on March 14, 1928 Los Angeles Times It was three minutes before the stroke of midnight on a windy March 12, 1928, when the St. Francis Dam broke. Many of the ...

Trace the devastation of the 1928 St. Francis Dam collapse and its deadly flood. Author Geoff Manaugh joins Nathan to understand the 1928 St. Francis Dam collapse, which unleashed a deadly flood that ...