St Francis Dam Disaster
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St Francis Dam Disaster
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Author : John Nichols
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2002-11-06
St Francis Dam Disaster written by John Nichols and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-06 with Nature categories.
Minutes before midnight on the evening of March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed. The dam's 200-foot concrete wall crumpled, sending billions of gallons of raging flood waters down San Francisquito Canyon, sweeping 54 miles down the Santa Clara River to the sea, and claiming over 450 lives in the disaster. Captured here in over 200 images is a photographic record of the devastation caused by the flood, and the heroic efforts of residents and rescue workers. Built by the City of Los Angeles' Bureau of Water Works and Supply, the failure of the St. Francis Dam on its first filling was the greatest American civil engineering failure of the 20th century. Beginning at dawn on the morning after the disaster, stunned local residents picked up their cameras to record the path of destruction, and professional photographers moved in to take images of the washed-out bridges, destroyed homes and buildings, Red Cross workers giving aid, and the massive clean-up that followed. The event was one of the worst disasters in California's history, second only to the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire.
The St Francis Dam Disaster Revisited
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Author : Doyce Blackman Nunis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The St Francis Dam Disaster Revisited written by Doyce Blackman Nunis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Dam failures categories.
The St. Francis Dam was built in San Francisquito Canyon to provide additional storage for the Los Angeles - Owens River Aqueduct. On the night of 12/13 March 1928, it failed catastrophically, killing about 450 people in the San Francisquito and Santa Clara River valleys.
St Francis Dam Disaster
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Author : John Nichols
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2002-10-01
St Francis Dam Disaster written by John Nichols and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-01 with History categories.
Minutes before midnight on the evening of March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed. The dam's 200-foot concrete wall crumpled, sending billions of gallons of raging flood waters down San Francisquito Canyon, sweeping 54 miles down the Santa Clara River to the sea, and claiming over 450 lives in the disaster. Captured here in over 200 images is a photographic record of the devastation caused by the flood, and the heroic efforts of residents and rescue workers. Built by the City of Los Angeles' Bureau of Water Works and Supply, the failure of the St. Francis Dam on its first filling was the greatest American civil engineering failure of the 20th century. Beginning at dawn on the morning after the disaster, stunned local residents picked up their cameras to record the path of destruction, and professional photographers moved in to take images of the washed-out bridges, destroyed homes and buildings, Red Cross workers giving aid, and the massive clean-up that followed. The event was one of the worst disasters in California's history, second only to the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire.
Heavy Ground
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Author : Norris Hundley
language : en
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Release Date : 2020-12-08
Heavy Ground written by Norris Hundley and has been published by University of Nevada Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-08 with History categories.
Minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed, sending more than twelve billion gallons of water surging through Southern California’s Santa Clara Valley, killing some four hundred people and causing the greatest civil engineering disaster in twentieth-century American history. In this carefully researched work, Norris Hundley jr. and Donald C. Jackson provide a riveting narrative exploring the history of the ill-fated dam and the person directly responsible for its flawed design—William Mulholland, a self-taught engineer of the Los Angeles municipal water system. Employing copious illustrations and intensive research, Heavy Ground traces the interwoven roles of politics and engineering in explaining how the St. Francis Dam came to be built and the reasons for its collapse. Hundley and Jackson also detail the terror and heartbreak brought by the flood, legal claims against the City of Los Angeles, efforts to restore the Santa Clara Valley, political factors influencing investigations of the failure, and the effect of the disaster on congressional approval of the future Hoover Dam. Underlying it all is a consideration of how the dam—and the disaster—were inextricably intertwined with the life and career of William Mulholland. Ultimately, this thoughtful and nuanced account of the dam’s failure reveals how individual and bureaucratic conceit fed Los Angeles’s desire to control vital water supplies in the booming metropolis of Southern California.
Man Made Disaster
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Author : Charles F. Outland
language : en
Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company
Release Date : 2002
Man Made Disaster written by Charles F. Outland and has been published by Arthur H. Clark Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
For more than a century the history of the American Frontier, particularly the West, has been the speciality of the Arthur H. Clark Company. We publish new books, both interpretive and documentary, in small, high-quality editions for the collector, researcher, and library.
Mulholland And The St Francis Dam Failure
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Author : Bob Mayer
language : en
Publisher: Cool Gus Publishing
Release Date : 2017-03-17
Mulholland And The St Francis Dam Failure written by Bob Mayer and has been published by Cool Gus Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-17 with Reference categories.
"Quote: During the Los Angeles Coroner's Inquest, William Mulholland said, ""this inquest is a very painful for me to have to attend but it is the occasion of that is painful. The only ones I envy about this whole thing are the ones who are dead."" In later testimony, after responding to a question, he added, ""Whether it is good or bad, don't blame anyone else, you just fasten it on me. If there was an error in human judgment, I was the human, I won't try to fasten it on anyone else."" William Mulholland, chief engineer, Water Department Los Angeles Every man-made disaster and catastrophe has at least six Cascade Events leading up to the final event, the catastrophe according to the Rule of Seven. This is a quick read of the Cascade Events of the second greatest loss of life in the history of California: The St. Francis Dam. Bob examines the Rule of Seven, and how human error plays a role in many catastrophes. Nothing happens in isolation or as a result of a single event. Thus, by learning from history, we can gain insight into preventing a similar catastrophe in the future. William Mulholland, a self-taught engineer, brought water to Los Angeles, but he also brought a catastrophe in the form of the St. Francis dam which failed, killing hundreds. From the very land the dam was placed on, to its design, to the failure of Mulholland on the very day the dam would collapse when called by the worried dam-keeper, to see the pending catastrophe. This is one of many catastrophes that Bob Mayer, former Green Beret, West Point Graduate and NY Times Bestselling Author, examines in his series of shorts: The Anatomy of a Catastrophe.
Report Of The Commission Appointed By Governor C C Young To Investigate The Causes Leading To The Failure Of The St Francis Dam Near Saugus California
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Author : California. St. Francis Dam Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1928
Report Of The Commission Appointed By Governor C C Young To Investigate The Causes Leading To The Failure Of The St Francis Dam Near Saugus California written by California. St. Francis Dam Commission and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1928 with Saint Francis Dam categories.
Man Made Disaster
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Author : Charles F. Outland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Man Made Disaster written by Charles F. Outland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Santa Clara River categories.
Failure Of The St Francis Dam San Francisquito Canyon Near Saugus California
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Failure Of The St Francis Dam San Francisquito Canyon Near Saugus California written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Dam failures categories.
Ethical Issues From The St Francis Dam Failure
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Author : J. Paul Guyer
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2018-11-27
Ethical Issues From The St Francis Dam Failure written by J. Paul Guyer and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-27 with categories.
A discussion of professional engineering ethical issues arising from the failure of the St. Francis Dam in California.