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Title
Postcard St. Francis Dam disaster site
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1928
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
St. Francis Dam in San Francisquito Canyon near Saugus was completed in 1926 and failed in 1928. It was part of the Owens Valley Aqueduct System. This post-failure photograph was placed on a post card and shows one huge piece of the dam wall.
Type
image
Format
Postcards
Identifier
00009819
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Industries-Water and Power-Reservoirs-St. Francis Dam.; S-001-449 4x5
CARL0000011605
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/83891
Subject
Dam failures--California--Los Angeles County
Floods--California--Santa Clara River
Postcards
Saint Francis Dam (Calif.)

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