[PDF.26dj] St. Francis Dam Disaster (Images of America)

St. Francis Dam Disaster (Images of America)

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 | #1240101 in Books |  Arcadia Publishing |  2002-11-11 |  2002-11-06 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.25 x.31 x6.50l,.65 | File type: PDF | 128 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| St. Francis Dam|By Thomas G. Matowitz Jr.|While I found the book worthwhile, I think it could have been better. Many of the photos seemed repititive to me. I would have been interested to see how the area looked before the dam existed.It would also have been useful to include photos showing bridges and other structures prior to the dam's collapse. Also, I found myself wondering|About the Author|The majority of the images in this book come from the collection of the author, as well as from the archives of the Santa Paula Historical Society. John Nichols is the owner of the John Nichols Gallery in Santa Paula and Ventura, and Sespe Group

Minutes before midnight on the evening of March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed. The damís 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....

You easily download any file type for your device.St. Francis Dam Disaster (Images of America)   |  John Nichols. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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