I read about this Dam and the collapse, among the critical moments of history in California. LW3902 - St. Francis Dam Disaster: Flood Damage Near Santa Paula. HC2804 - Face of the St. Francis Dam, 2/1928. The St. Francis Dam National Memorial Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit organization, with the goal of raising funds to support the United States Forest Service in building and maintaining the St. Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial and Monument, including the construction of a visitor's center and memorial wall with the names of all the . 1 & 2 (Complete) March-April 1928, FILM: Fox News Footage: St. Francis Dam Victims, Red Cross Workers, Temp. [8] Cadillac Desert, by Marc Reisner, page 98. LW3496 - Dam Site & Santa Paula Damage (8) | ex-Ruth Teague. You head north on the 5, past the Hollywood Hills, into the San Fernando. The St. Francis Dam was completed in 1926 in San Francisquito Canyon, about 30 miles (50 km) northwest of Los Angeles, under the supervision of William Mulholland, manager and chief engineer of the Los Angeles Bureau of Water Works and Supply. Total time -- 11:57 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Damaged house near Piru at Torrey Crossing. Video: Man-Made Disaster: The Story of St. Francis Dam Narrated by Frank Rock, SCVTV 2009. Recovered vehicles lined up to be taken away. LW2845 - Correspondence from Man at Brand-New Power House No. ASSOCIATED PRESS This aerial view shows the broken water barrier of San Francisquito Canyon, Ca., after the St. Francis Dam burst on March 13, 1928. 2009 - Raw Oral History: Biz Basolo, Fillmore Resident & Dam Survivor Fascinating, education, still a powerful memory of a tragedy. Francis Dam was a storage reservoir that was part of the much-disputed aqueduct, located in the San Francisquito Canyon about 40 miles north of Los Angeles proper. Nearly thirteen billion gallons of water exploded from its captivity and rushed towards the ocean some 50 miles. 2015 - J. David Rogers: St. Francis Dam: What Led to Its Failure? SCVHistory.com is another service of SCVTV, a 501c3 Nonprofit Site contents SCVTV, Extended Timeline: A Blow-by-Blow Account of the St. Francis Dam Disaster, St. Francis: Death & Disability Claims & Claimants (NAMES), Transcript of Coroner's Inquest, Vols. California Retrospective: St. Francis Dam collapse left a trail of The dam was designed and built by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, then named the Bureau of Water Works and Supply. Remembering the March 1928 St. Francis Dam Disaster North of Los Brunner's Newhall History 1940. The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. Ten thousand people lived downstream. LW2731 - Saugus Community Club Plaque for 7 Members who Perished in the St. Francis Dam Disaster, 1928. Most claims were settled promptly. One small remnant of the dam sitting beside the road to the dam site. It was moved about 1 mile south to higher ground after the disaster. The Chief Doesn't Deserve Ridicule for St. Francis Commentary by Pony Horton, 4-26-1998. AL3034 - St. Francis Dam Under Construction ~1925. The Mystery of the Lost Raggio Gold, News reports 1912-1914. March 19, 2016 6 AM PT This month marks a grim anniversary in Southern California. 2006 - Hetta Laurena Carter and the Sloppy Cement Actual Death Toll Unknown Many of the dead were swept out to sea and never found. Exhuming California's St. Francis Dam Disaster | The Nation At Rancho Camulos the adobe main house and outbuildings were undamaged. JavaScript is not enabled. The first two cars made it to safety. AL1959 - Oil Wells and Los Angeles Aqueduct, Placerita Canyon, 1940s-50s. DI2803 - Tombstone, Inside Looking Out, 1928. AL3042 - St. Francis Dam Failure, Real Photo Postcard, Ruins of the Dam, April 13, 1928. St. Francis Dam: One Family's Ordeal by David Desmond Gazette, July-August 2006. AL1915 - Los Angeles Aqueduct Cascades, 1915. AL2022 - St. Francis Dam Disaster, Rescue Party, March 1928. AP1925 - L.A. Aqueduct Construction Camp/HQ at Saugus Junction, 1911. "El Pueblo de Nuestra Seora la Reina de los ngeles del Ro Porcincula" NEEDED three things.A) A shorter name!! ST FRANCIS DAM NATIONAL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, Historical Photos of the St. Francis Dam Disaster, Historical Newspapers of the St. Francis Dam Disaster, Victims of the St. Francis Dam Disaster: A Comprehensive Listing, Victims and Survivors of the St. Francis Dam Disaster: Their Stories, The Last Victim of the St. Francis Dam Disaster, Worst Dam Disaster in US History: The Johnstown Flood, The Legislation: Dianne Erskine-Hellrigel/Alan Pollack, Interviewing the Survivors: William S.Thomas, Reassessment of the Dam Failure: Dr. J. David Rogers. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. On March 12, 1928, the dam is completely filled. Official Death Toll in 1928 385, Current Death Toll at least 431. This number is based on the percentage of all Tripadvisor reviews for this product that have a bubble rating of 4 or higher. Edison company workers, camped at Kemp Station on Ventura County line, were stringing electric line from Saugus to Saticoy. The Day the Dam Burst by Wesley S. Griswold, Popular Science, March 1964. Besides reading up on the dam before you go to this site, another good way to experience the ruins (the second largest disaster in California history) is to hook up with the Santa Clarita Community Hiking Club for a tour of the St. Francis Dam site presented by the SCV Historical Society. 1926 - Dam Under Construction in 'The Temptress' (Greta Garbo) It's up San Francisquito Canyon. Margaret Rudkin Meadows was a child of 5 or 6 in March 1928. SCVHistory.com is another service of SCVTV, a 501c3 Nonprofit Site contents SCVTV Additional copyrights apply, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ap0115.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ng4025.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ng4026.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ng4034.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hb2801.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ng4037.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/jb2804.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2077.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2154b.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/gr0854.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/gr0841.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2154f.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2054.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2206.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/fr2001.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ap2329.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/al3034.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2985.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ap2330.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ap2331.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2081.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/al3024a.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2986.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2574.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2713.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ap2332a.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/mf2601.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw3042.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw3184.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/la2801.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hc2801b.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hc2806.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/al2024.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hs2808.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/cg2801.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/as2801.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/gm1928.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2403.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw3703.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2055.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw3084.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hs7074.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2822.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/sw_britishpathe031328.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/sp2810.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/sp2812.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/sp2814.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/sp2816.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/sp2820.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/sp2822.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/sp2824.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/sp2850.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/sp2851.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/as2802.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ws2801.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/cg2802.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/cg2803.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/cg2804.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/cg2806.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/cg2809.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw3538.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2642a.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2642b.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2642c.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2642d.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2642e.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2642l.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2642g.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2642h.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2642i.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2642n.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2642o.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ap2333a.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/al3029.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/al3030.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2179.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/al3028.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/di2813.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ws2802.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw3083.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw3496.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/di2804.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hc2802a.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/di2806.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/di2819.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hb2802.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hb2803.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/di2816.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/di2817.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/di2803.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hb2804.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/di2807.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hs7029.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hc2808.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2944.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/al3042.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/gr0840.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/di2811.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/as2804.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/wf2804a.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/wf2804b.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/wf2804d.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/es1928a.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/es1928b.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/es1928c.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/es1928d.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ro2803i.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ro2803c.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ro2803d.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/di2801.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ro2803b.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ro2803f.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/al2301.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/wf2806.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/al2020.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ej2802.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ej2807.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2997.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hs7038.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/al2021.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/al2022.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/al2023.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2207.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/es1928f.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hs7044.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ej2803.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ej2804.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ej2806.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hs7067.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/es1928g.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/es1928h.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/es1928i.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/es1928j.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hs7050.htm, https://scvhistory.com/gif/galleries/lw2821/, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw3667.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/al3043a.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/al3043b.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lp2803.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lp2804.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/di2812.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/fr2801.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2715.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hs9022.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lp2805a.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2479a.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2479b.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2479c.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lp2802.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2479d.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2479e.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/id2101.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/id2801.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/id2601.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/id2701.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/fc1101.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/fc4001.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/fc2101.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/fc2401.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/nl2819.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/nl2820.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw2244.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/di2808.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/dj2801.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hs7066.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/di2810.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/hs2811.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/ro2801a.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw3279.htm, https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/fr3001.htm.