Just before midnight on March 7, 1928, the St Francis Dam, located roughly 80km (50 miles) inland of Los Angeles, collapsed. There were no witnesses to the disaster – or none who survived ...

The largest manmade disaster of the 20th century now largely lost to history A journey through the early history of Los Angeles and the citys water needs Evergrowing demand led to larger and ...

“It set the standard,” he said of the Morris Dam, which was the first dam ever subject to new state inspection legislation that followed the St. Francis disaster, with close scrutiny by a panel of ...

which was the first dam ever subject to new state inspection legislation that followed the St. Francis disaster, with close scrutiny by a panel of experts. “The Morris Dam was the first major ...

They wondered, would it also come apart? The St. Francis Dam disaster changed how California manages its water. The state began earnest regulation efforts and, going forward, required all ...

the St. Francis Dam failed catastrophically, sending a wall of water through the towns of Piru, Fillmore, and Santa Paula that killed at least 450 people. The disaster, the result of flaws in ...

The St. Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act, a bill by Rep. Steve Knight, R-Santa Clarita and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., would honor the dead and tell their stories as well of those of ...

She teaches about the St. Francis Dam Disaster in Los Angeles in 1928. "I think the reasons we should know about it is that it teaches us a lesson about humans," she says. "How we have this ...