The Mulholland Dam was prominently featured in the 1974 disaster film Earthquake, where, after a catastrophic earthquake destroys Los Angeles, the dam collapses due to damaging …

On March 12, 1928, William Mulholland, Los Angeles demigod and chief engineer of the Bureau of Water and Supply, was called out to the imposing St. Francis Dam in San Francisquito …

However, a defective soil foundation and design flaws led to the dam's collapse just two years after its completion. Its failure ended the career of William Mulholland, the general manager …

St. Francis Dam disaster, catastrophic dam failure in California on March 12, 1928, that remains one of the worst civil engineering failures in American history. The ensuing flood killed …

September 1904, William Mulholland and Fred Eaton left Los Angeles for a trip by buckboard up the Newhall grade through the Santa Clara Valley and north along the edge of the Eastern …

Nov 18, 2024 · Three miles upriver from Smith’s ranch, the colossal St. Francis Dam had unexpectedly collapsed, unleashing a 10-story-high wall of water down the canyon.

Oct 12, 1999 · The St. Francis was the big dam that William Mulholland, Los Angeles’ chief water engineer, needed to protect the city water system. His aqueduct from the Owens Valley …

Sep 30, 2019 · As a result of the St. Francis Dam disaster, a wall of water traveled some 55 miles to the Pacific Ocean and killed over 400 people in the second-worst disaster in California …

The St. Francis Dam disaster of 1928 was the failure of a large concrete gravity dam due to unmitigated geologic hazards, causing over 55 miles of violent flooding, and over 400 deaths. …

The St. Francis Dam failed catastrophically upon being filled for the first time, near midnight on March 12, 1928. Over 450 people perished as the flooding waters raced through the San …