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— St. Francis Dam Disaster sites.
 
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By The Signal newspaper, May 21, 1978
St. Francis Dam Marker
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1 California, Los Angeles County, Santa Clarita, Angeles National Forest — St. Francis Dam Disaster Site Reported missing
On this site in August of 1924 construction started on the St. Francis Dam, a unit of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. When it was completed in May of 1926, this concrete dam stood 185 feet above the stream bed, impounding a 610 surface-acre lake. . . . Map (db m143721) HM
2 California, Los Angeles County, Santa Clarita, Angeles National Forest — 919 — St. Francis Dam Disaster Site
The 185-foot concrete St. Francis Dam, part of the Los Angeles aqueduct system, stood 1˝ miles north of this site. On March 12, 1928, the 185-foot high concrete dam collapsed just before midnight, sending 12˝ billion gallons of water roaring down . . . Map (db m143722) HM
3 California, Los Angeles County, Santa Clarita, Angeles National Forest — St. Francis Dam
The St. Francis Dam, part of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system, stood 1˝ miles north of this site. On March 12, 1928, the 185-foot high concrete dam collapsed just before midnight, sending 12⅓ billion gallons of water roaring down . . . Map (db m146564) HM
4 California, Los Angeles County, Santa Clarita, Valencia — Tesoro Adobe
Harry Carey Sr. was an early silent-screen actor who starred in more than 200 films. In 1916 he took over the homestead rights of a previous settler and established his ranch of almost 2,000 acres. Carey, the first of many film actors to settle in . . . Map (db m146570) HM
5 California, Los Angeles County, Santa Clarita, Newhall — Saugus School Bell
The bell in the tower of this station was fabricated by the C.S. Bell Company of Hillsboro, Ohio. It weighs approximately 400 pounds and measures 30 inches in diameter at the base. The bell originally hung in the belfry of Saugus Elementary School, . . . Map (db m143725) HM
6 California, Los Angeles County, Santa Clarita, Newhall — Edison House
This house was one of a group of cottages built by the Southern California Edison Company to house employees in 1919 when the Edison substation in Newhall opened. The house was moved west of Saugus in 1925 when the new substation was completed, . . . Map (db m119564) HM
7 California, Ventura County, Piru — St. Francis Dam Disaster90th Anniversary
This memorial is dedicated to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the St. Francis Dam Disaster. Just before midnight on March 12, 1928, the dam collapsed and sent billions of gallons of water down the San Francisquito Canyon, eventually meeting . . . Map (db m146566) HM
8 California, Ventura County, Fillmore — St. Francis Dam Disaster
Three minutes before midnight on the night of March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed sending over twelve billion gallons of water and debris the length of the Santa Clara River Valley from San Francisquito Canyon through Piru, Fillmore, and . . . Map (db m146565) HM
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9 California, Ventura County, Santa Paula — Saint Francis Dam Disaster Memorial
Minutes before midnight on the chilly evening of March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam failed. The dam's 200-foot high concrete wall crumpled and collapsed, sending billions of gallons of raging flood waters down San Francisquito Canyon, about five . . . Map (db m146569) HM
10 California, Ventura County, Santa Paula — St. Francis Dam Disaster
To honor victims of the St. Francis Dam Disaster, March 12, 1928. This monument of native stone was placed in respectful memory of the nameless souls whose unmarked graves rest in this hallowed ground.Map (db m146567) HM
 
 
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