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Title: The Great St. Francis Dam Failure: Our First Major Water Disaster
Creator: Fryer, Barbara
Date Created and/or Issued: 1978-03
1978-03-01
Publication Information: Los Angeles Magazine
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Carey McWilliams Papers, 1894-1982 (bulk 1921-1980)
Rights Information: UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Description: This material was digitized and described as part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct Digital Platform project. The project was generously funded by Lauren Bon and Metabolic Studio in celebration of the Aqueduct’s centennial on November 5, 2013.
Article about St. Francis Dam failure of 1928 on its 50th anniversary and speculation about why it failed.
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Identifier: LSC_1319_b38_f05_006
ark:/21198/z18118t5
Carey McWilliams papers (Collection number: 1319)
Subject: Saint Francis Dam (Calif.)--History
Mulholland, William, 1855-1935
Source: Carey McWilliams Papers, 1894-1982 (bulk 1921-1980)

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