St. Francis Dam: Castaic Junction
St. Francis Dam Disaster

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Photo No. 10 from The Newhall Land and Farming Co.'s March 24, 1928 report on the March 12-13 St. Francis Dam Disaster. Closeup of the hopper of a portable clamshell dredge (at extreme left) being used to dig out the roadbed at Castaic Junction (intersection of today's State Route 126 and Interstate 5).

Original caption by Almer M. Newhall reads as follows:

No. 10 Castaic Townsite!

From Plate IV.

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