St. Francis Dam: L.A.-Ventura County Line
St. Francis Dam Disaster

[Full View][Closeup of Railroad Trestle]

Photo No. 13 from The Newhall Land and Farming Co.'s March 24, 1928 report on the March 12-13 St. Francis Dam Disaster. Closeup of Southern Pacific railroad trestle, carried 3½ miles from its original location and deposited in the pecan orchard at the Los Angeles-Ventura county line. Telegraph poles are newly reinstalled.

Original caption by Almer M. Newhall reads as follows:

No. 13 Pecan Orchard #2

From Plate V.

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