Hundley, Norris, Jr. (Author)
Jackson, Donald C. (Author)
Published for the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West by University of California Press, Berkeley, California, Press Berkeley and the Huntington Library, San Marino, California
Edition Details: Book Series: Western histories
Physical Details: 439 pp.
Language: English
Gives an account of how the St. Francis Dam came to be built, its relationship to the Los Angeles Aqueduct, the reasons for its collapse, the terror and heartbreak brought by the flood, the efforts to restore the Santa Clara Valley, the political factors influencing investigations of the failure, and the effect of the disaster on dam safety regulation. (dust ajacket)
...MoreReview Charles K. Hyde (2016) Review of "Heavy Ground: William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster". IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology (pp. 75-76).
Review Jeffrey K. Stine (January 2018) Review of "Heavy Ground: William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster". Technology and Culture (pp. 798-799).
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