St. Francis Dam, along with other projects such as the Los Angeles Aqueduct, was a part of Mulholland’s lifelong work to quench Los Angeles’ thirst as the city rapidly grew.
Jon Wilkman’s “Floodpath” is history the way it should be told.
Forgotten Tragedy: The Story of the St Francis Dam is the first Documentary Film to tell the tragic story of the worst man-made disaster of 20th Century America: the catastrophic failure of the St. Francis Dam in the hills outside of Los Angeles on March 12, 1928.
Now largely forgotten on all but a local level, this tragedy killed over 400 people, changed the course of civil engineering, and ended the career of an engineering legend. Los Angeles Public Library photo collection Jesse Cash, Director: Forgotten Tragedy: The Story of the St. Francis Dam.
Directed by Jesse Cash. Forgotten Tragedy: The Story of the St. Francis Dam tells the tale of the largest man-made disaster of the 20th century. Bibliographic Note: A primary source for this documentary will be my book, Floodpath: The Deadliest Man-Made Disaster of the American 20th Century and the Making of Modern Los Angeles, Bloomsbury Press, January 2016. 5 Images of America: St. Francis Dam Disaster by John Nichols 6 "L.A. Then and Now: An Avalanche of Water Left Death and Ruin in Its Wake": Los Angeles Times, February 16, 2003 7 The St Francis Dam Disaster Revisited, edited by Doyce B Nunis Jr. 8 "Thousands rush to aid in work of rescue and relief": Los Angeles Times, March 14 1928: It was only the second concrete dam of nine dams built by the Los Angeles Bureau of Waterworks & Supply starting in 1921. When St. Francis dam failed, high public and industry interest followed, … Featuring newly-discovered film footage from 1928, this film is the first to tell the tale. Forgotten Tragedy: The Story of the St. Francis Dam tells the tale of the largest man-made disaster of the 20th century.
The upper road identified as San Francisquito Canyon Road is the one you drive on.
This tragedy has now been largely lost to history. This movie is a journey through the early history of Los Angeles and the city's water needs. To get there (as of 2016), type "St. Francis Dam Disaster Site" into Google Maps or . Most dams have a section . Directed by Jesse Cash. Located approximately forty miles northwest of Los Angeles, California, St. Francis Dam was a curved concrete gravity dam constructed between 1924 and 1926 in order to provide a storage reservoir for the Los Angeles Aqueduct system. This tragedy has now been largely lost to history.
Description & Background. A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or slows down the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundments.