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SAN FRANCISQUITO CANYON
and the ST. FRANCIS DAM
See also HARRY CAREY RANCH
St. Francis Dam Disaster
Driving Directions to the St. Francis Dam Site
Report on St. Francis Dam Flood · Newhall Land & Farming Co., 3-24-1928
•Extensive report & photos of damage in the Santa Clarita Valley.
St. Francis: Death & Disability Claims & Claimants (NAMES) · 7-15-1929
Remains of St. Francis Dam (the 'Tombstone') Toppled · The Signal, 4-18-1929 & 5-30-1929
Ruiz-Perea Family Cemetery: A Census Grave Markers Transcribed by Karen Murray · April 2001
Strange Happenings At Ruiz Cemetery by Leon Worden · The Signal, May 1996
Historic Headlines: Remembering the St. Francis Dam Disaster by Michele E. Buttelman · The Signal, 3-11-2001
Story of a St. Francis Dam Survivor by Lauren Grokett · For The Signal Zone, 11-23-2001
City, Survivors to Mark Deadly '28 Dam Break by Suzie St. John · Los Angeles Times, 2-9-2003
Avalanche of Water Left Death, Ruin in Its Wake by Cecilia Rasmussen · Los Angeles Times, 2-16-2003
Hart-Earp Letters Discuss Dam Disaster by Truman Rex Fisher · Letter, Los Angeles Times, 2-15-2003
Bill Hart and the Little Dam Victim by Leon Worden · The Signal, 5-17-2003
Ivan Dorset Remembers the St. Francis Dam Disaster by Leon Worden · The Signal, 2-26-2003
Survivors Remember St. Francis Dam Tragedy by Pearl Obispo · The Signal, 3-17-2003
St. Francis Dam Disaster Poem by Ron Pinkerton · 7-16-1979
The St. Francis Dam Break · Lyrics by Dan DeVere & Jane Williams · 3-9-2003
LW2154 - Ruiz Cemetery Headstones & Census (19 Images).
AP2319 - Raggio Ranch, 1887. 88K.
GR0811 - San Francisquito Canyon, 1893. 62K.
GR0812 - Gold Mining on the LeBrun Ranch, 1890s. 62K.
Owens River Water Rights Obtained for Los Angeles Aqueduct · Los Angeles Daily Times, 07-29-1905
AP2320 - Power House No. 1, c. 1910. 77K.
AL1913 - Invitation to Opening Ceremony, Owens Valley-Los Angeles Aqueduct, November 5, 1913.
AL1951 - Los Angeles Aqueduct, Opening Ceremonies, November 5, 1913 (7 Views).
Los Angeles Aqueduct Opening Ceremonies · Los Angeles Times, 11-6-1913
AL1915 - Los Angeles Aqueduct Cascades, 1915. 190K.
AL1918 - Terminus of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, March, 1918.
LW2054 - William Mulholland, Civil Engineer & St. Francis Dam Builder
LW2206 - William Mulholland, Civil Engineer & St. Francis Dam Builder
AP2329 - St. Francis Dam Under Construction, ca. 1924.
AP2330 - St. Francis Dam Under Construction, 1924-1926. 101K.
AP2331 - St. Francis Dam Under Construction, 1924-1926. 78K.
LW2081 - St. Francis Dam Under Construction, 1924-1926. 83K.
AP2332 - St. Francis Dam With Water in Reservoir, May 1926-March 1928. 130K.
MF2601 - Walking Across Top of St. Francis Dam, 1926-1928. 31K.
HS2809 - St. Francis Dam Shortly Before Its Collapse. 156K.
HS2808 - (Formerly) Last Photo of the St. Francis Dam Intact, 3-9-1928. 139K.
GM1928 - (Even Later) Last Photo of the St. Francis Dam Intact, 3-11-1928.
SP0000 - Dam & Power House Before & After Failure, 1926-1928 (20 Views).
WS2801 - Cleanup at Power House No. 2, March 1928 (Oversized).
CG2801 - St. Francis Dam Disaster, Photos shot March 13, 1928 (10 Views).
The St. Francis Dam Disaster · (San Francisco, CA) San Francisco Chronicle, 3-13-1928
The St. Francis Dam Disaster · (San Francisco, CA) The San Francisco Call, 3-13-1928
The St. Francis Dam Disaster · Los Angeles Examiner, 3-13-1928
The St. Francis Dam Disaster · Los Angeles Evening Express, 3-14-1928
The St. Francis Dam Disaster · (St. Louis, MO) St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 3-14-1928
The St. Francis Dam Disaster · (Dallas, TX) The Dallas Morning News, 3-14-1928
The St. Francis Dam Disaster · (Beloit, WI) The Beloit Daily News, 3-14-1928
The St. Francis Dam Disaster · (San Francisco, CA) The San Francisco Call, 3-15-1928
AP2333 - St. Francis Dam Failure, March 1928. 93K.
LW2179 - St. Francis Dam Failure, Aerial View, March 1928.
HS2810 - St. Francis Dam: West Abutment. 145K.
WS2802 - Empty Reservoir, March 1928 (Oversized).
GR0840 - St. Francis Dam Floodpath, 1928. 89K.
WF2800 - St. Francis Dam Disaster, 6 Contemporary Photo Postcards, 1928.
LW2207 - St. Francis Dam Wreckage, March 1928.
HS2801 - St. Francis Dam Wreckage (Car), March 1928. 85K.
HS2802 - St. Francis Dam Wreckage (Car), March 1928. 70K.
HS2803 - St. Francis Dam Wreckage (Home), March 1928. 66K.
HS2804 - St. Francis Dam Wreckage (Vehicle), March 1928. 75K.
HS2805 - St. Francis Dam Wreckage, March 1928. 74K.
HS2806 - St. Francis Dam Wreckage, March 1928. 73K.
HS2807 - St. Francis Dam Wreckage (Vehicles), March 1928. 72K.
AP0115 - St. Francis Dam Hero, 1928. 66K.
HS9022 - Dam victims' bodies fill Newhall's Masonic hall, March 1928.
LW2055 - Wm. Mulholland & Harvey Van Norman Inspect St. Francis Dam Wreckage, 3-15-1928.
LW2077 - William S. Hart at Ruiz Cemetery, March 1928. 102K.
ES1928 - St. Francis Dam Disaster, Photos shot April 8, 1928 (11 Views).
HS7029 - Billboard for 1928 Dam Movie, 85K.
DJ2801 - Rebuilding Power Plant No. 2 After St. Francis Disaster, 1928.
RJ1000 - Raggio Ranch, c. 1940s. 90K.
RJ1010 - Raggio Ranch, c. 1940s. 60K.
AP2321 - The Gold Bowl, 1963. 56K.
AP2322 - The Gold Bowl, 1963. 65K.
HS0101 - St. Francis Dam Site, January 2001. 231K.
LW2100a - St. Francis Dam: Wing Dyke Ruins (2 Views), 3-11-2001.
LW2100c - St. Francis Dam: Ruins at Base, 3-11-2001. 127K.
LW060502 - Ruiz Cemetery Smolders in Fire (10 Images), 6-5-2002.
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