Heavy Ground
Author | : Norris Hundley |
Publisher | : University of Nevada Press |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2020-12-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781948908894 |
ISBN-13 | : 1948908891 |
Rating | : 4/5 (891 Downloads) |
Download or read book Heavy Ground written by Norris Hundley and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heavy Ground explores the social, political, and technological history of the St. Francis Dam Disaster in California, the worst civil engineering disaster in twentieth-century American History. Approximately 400 people died in March 1928, when the concrete gravity dam built by Los Angeles engineer William Mulholland suddenly and tragically collapsed, releasing over 12 billion gallons of water into the Santa Clara River Valley.