On March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed without warning. A 180-foot wall of water tore through the valley, killing over 400 people — many while they slept. Few remember it. Even fewer were ...

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 ...

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Under the moonlight of March 12, 1928, a concrete wall meant to hold a city’s future exploded — sending a 10‑story water wall roaring through narrow canyons and farmland, destroying entire towns.

Nathan learns the heroic efforts of Officers Edwards and Baker during the St. Francis Dam Disaster. Lost LA host Nathan Masters joins writer Geoff Manaugh and CSU Professor José Alamillo to explore ...

Edd Rice. side 1: The Breaking of the St. Francis Dam; side 2: The Fate of Edward Hickman (Vocalion 5216). National Museum of American History ...

Mulholland : a man and an aqueduct -- The dam : site selection and design -- The dam : construction, operation, failure -- Disaster unleashed -- Responsibility and reparations -- The politics of ...