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Title
Supervision of dams in California for protection of life and property
Creator
Hyatt, Edward, 1888-1954
Contributor
California. State Engineering Department
Date Created and/or Issued
1930 May 21
Contributing Institution
UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives
Collection
Edward Hyatt papers
Rights Information
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Description
Scope/Content: Typed article or speech about the catastrophic failure of the St. Francis Dam in March 1928, and the subsequent changes in state government supervision of dams.
Type
text
Extent
3 pages
Identifier
ark:/86086/n2pn94n9
cuwr_hyatt_001_001
Language
English
eng
Subject
Dam safety--Law and legislation
Dam failures
Place
Saint Francis Dam (Calif.)
Los Angeles Aqueduct (Calif.)

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