Empty Reservoir
St. Francis Dam Disaster

Reservoir in San Francisquito Canyon that held 12.5 billion gallons of water for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power — seen here just after the collapse of the St. Francis Dam on March 12-13, 1928. The line between dark and light represents the pre-disaster water level. The concrete dam would have been just out of view at the bottom of this photo.

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