Minutes before midnight on the evening of March 12, 1928, the St.
Built by the City of Los A.
Captured here in over 200 images is a photographic record of the devastation caused by the flood, and the heroic efforts of residents and rescue workers.
The dam\'s 200-foot concrete wall crumpled, sending billions of gallons of raging flood waters down San Francisquito Canyon, sweeping 54 miles down the Santa Clara River to the sea, and claiming over 450 lives in the disaster.
Francis Dam collapsed.
Minutes before midnight on the evening of March 12, 1928, the St