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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Angeles National Forest (N.F.), Castaic to Haskell Power Line
Author: Angeles National Forest (N.F.), Antelope-Pardee 500-kV Transmission Project
Author: St. Francis Dam Disaster
Author: John NicholsPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738520797
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
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.
California Highways and Public Works
Author: Notification to EPA of Hazardous Waste Activities
Author: Official Congressional Directory
Author: United States. CongressPublisher: Joint Committee on Printing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1258
Book Description
Contains biographies of Senators, members of Congress, and the Judiciary. Also includes committee assignments, maps of Congressional districts, a directory of officials of executive agencies, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, web addresses, and other information.
National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report (based on 1989 Data).
Author: United States Earthquakes
Author: The National Gazetteer of the United States of America
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
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