Mapped in 1910-11. Doors and windows were nailed shut, the pool was empty and needed new filters (which were stored in a manmade cave in the hillside), dozens of peacocks roamed the ranch because the aviary was wrecked, and the side house needed extensive repair. It may not be the easiest thing to do as things have changed a great deal since then. SP0000 - Dam & Power House Before & After Failure, 1926-1928, 20 Views. an abandoned section of the old San Francisquito Canyon Road (previously maintained by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works). BOOK - The Water Seekers, by Remi Nadeau (1950). His body was recovered near Mount Islip. VIDEO: St. Francis Dam: What Led To Its Failure? The (future) Phillips Ranch was under the St. Francis reservoir, shown in blue. All of those amenities were in serious disrepair when Knauber's family moved in. Remnants of the dam can be found along the creek bed beside San Francisquito Canyon Road about five miles south of Green Valley. Complete Report on Construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct (Illustrated) City of L.A., 1916. 3430'23.3"N 11749'37.5"W, Llano, CA 93544. With the completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, it became possible to harness the power of the entirely gravity fed water system and use it to generate electricity effectively at little cost. LOS ANGELES (March 17, 2017) - Located inside San Francisquito Canyon near the trickling waters of the Los Angeles Aqueduct sits the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's (LADWP) Power Plant One, a 70 megawatt (MW) capacity hydroelectric plant whose grand . AL2020 - St. Francis Dam Disaster, Castaic Bridge Wreckage, March 1928. 3 Baths. Video: Exploring the St. Francis Dam Ruins Oddity Odysseys 2017. San Francisquito's Power House #1 by Kimberley Renee 2 This is one of two generating plants in San Francisquito Canyon where the Los Angeles Aqueduct runs alongside the canyon. AP1313 - Lopez Station, 2 Views, ~1890 (Razed for Aqueduct ~1910). The dam's collapse was immediately recognized as a catastrophic failure of civil engineering, and more than a dozen independent investigations were launched in the days immediately after. Upstairs, two bedrooms, a large master bedroom with a fireplace and a smaller bedroom and a bathroom. Today, San Francisquito Canyon is a tranquil place. 0 Vac/Sierra Hwy Pav /Vic Mi, Agua Dulce, CA 91350. Though the rock appeared stable, it was ultimately not strong enough to hold back 12.4 billion gallons of water. Ranch and restaurant owner Gladys F. Phillips is the woman seated at the bar in the interior photos (per Lynda Deem Burke; see below). LP2803 - St. Francis Flood Damage, Santa Paula, Thomas Ward Photos, 2 Views, 4-8-1928. Download original scans, SCVHistory.com is another service of SCVTV, a 501c3 Nonprofit Site contents SCVTV. We believe when reliable local reporting is widely available, the entire community benefits. 117-58 (07/01/2021) 2 on San Francisquito Road is dedicated to the victims. The photographer is identified as Bob Martin; The ruins of this disaster can still be seen today. The Zestimate for this Single Family is $1,180,100, which has decreased by $13,029 in the last 30 days.The Rent Zestimate for this Single Family is $5,100/mo, which has decreased by $550 . These massive beehive-shaped stone ovens are remarkably preserved in the Death Valley National Park and are open for exploration. HB2802 - Visiting the "Tombstone," March 1928. Placer mining later occurred in the canyon into at least the late 19th century. from The New York Times: He has been jolted awake before dawn by jackhammers and screeching delivery trucks. It appeared Mulholland had achieved governance over nature -- but there were early signs that was only a fantasy. Mulholland's chief assistant declared there was no threat from the leak following the inspection. 2016 - Jon Wilkman: Floodpath: The Deadliest Man-Made Disaster of 20th-Century America 2017) that the restaurant had been closed for a number of years when his mother, Jeanne Motan, bought the property from Gladys Phillips in the 1968-1970 period. 29354 San Francisquito Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita, CA 91390 is for sale. Located in the northern rim of the Santa Clarita Valley, about a 40 minute drive north of Los Angeles, the canyon is nondescriptnot particularly different than any one of the hundreds of other foothill canyons all over Southern California. Owens River Water Rights Obtained for Los Angeles Aqueduct Los Angeles Daily Times, 07-29-1905. The ruins found in Solstice Canyon have become a popular hiking and exploration site. Recognizing this potential, engineers began construction on Power Plant One in 1911. Courses. California is not generally considered a particularly old place, but believe it or not, this state is full of history. Photo Gallery - L.A. Aqueduct Centennial Celebration at Cascades, Multiple Views, 11-5-2013. Coroner's Inquest in the News: Witnesses Report Leaks News reports, 1928. William Mulholland: Father of the Los Angeles Municipal Water Supply System, Historical Society's Dam Marker Placed, Stolen, 1978; State Marker Placed, 1979, Report to Arizona Gov. 1928 - Fox Newsreel: Wreckage, Red Cross Relief, more If there is an error in human judgement, I was that human." Click here for historic photos of the St. Francis Dam and the aftermath of its collapse. The St. Francis Dam in San Francisquito Canyon, about 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles, collapsed just before midnight on March 12, 1928. LW3171 - Jawbone Siphon, Souvenir Postcard, ~1960s. Photographic evidence from the early 1960s shows that Gladys F. Phillips (no mention of Phil at that time) operated the ranch as a resort. Unofficial property records give a construction date of 1952 for a 3-bedroom, 3-bathroom house. AL3030 - St. Francis Dam Failure, Ruins of the Dam, March 1928. The 12 MW capacity Unit 4 turbine is also an original, first installed within the plant in 1923. The Chief Doesn't Deserve Ridicule for St. Francis Commentary by Pony Horton, 4-26-1998. Doors and windows were nailed shut, the pool was empty and needed new filters (which were stored in a manmade cave in the hillside), dozens of peacocks roamed the ranch because the aviary was wrecked, and the side house needed extensive repair. Most of the water in the city of Los Angeles today still is sourced from the aqueduct that Mulholland designed and built. This article was originally published March 11, 2019. 5) Failing St. Francis: Water Pressure or Political Pressure? . Don't let people be killed. JB4001 - Artifact: Newhall Dairy Farms Milk Bottle, ca. The Hunick family probably lived farther downriver during the 1928 flood, because Bert Hunick lost a sister and uncle in the dam failure Jefferson Hunick, 82, and Ellen (Hunick) Crosno, 55, daughter of Charles Hunick. LW2715 - Dam Victims' Bodies Fill Newhall's Masonic (Hap-A-Lan) Hall, 2 Views, March 1928. Survivors Remember St. Francis Dam Tragedy by Pearl Obispo The Signal, 3-17-2003. 919 is about a half-mile south of the site of the dam, which can be located by looking for mostly buried strips of concrete. The power plant underwent a significant remodel in 1982 and now has four total generators, Unit 1, Unit 3, Unit 4 and Unit 5 producing more than 70 MW of installed capacity. Avalanche of Water Left Death, Ruin in Its Wake by Cecilia Rasmussen Los Angeles Times, 2-16-2003. LW2548 - Cascades: 1971 Earthquake Damage. DI2802 - Another Copy: St. Francis Dam Intact, 3-9-1928. MW0901 - Completed L.A. Aqueduct Tunnel, Saugus Division, 1909. 427 - Engrossed in House No. but once the water spilled down the Cascade the formal program was abandoned. As of 2017, the property is on the defaulted tax roll. California Historical Landmark No. "Phil (Phillips) did build the ranch to be a resort," Knauber said. 29236 San Francisquito Canyon Rd, Saugus, CA 91390 is a 1,470 sqft, 3 bed, 2 bath home sold in 2021. A large camping area was available beyond the wall. AP2332 - St. Francis Dam With Water in Reservoir, May 1926-March 1928. LW3184 - Sun Rays Penetrate Storm Clouds Over St. Francis Reservoir, 1927. Geology of the St. Francis Dam Area Jesus Ruiz Elizondo, Master's Thesis, CalTech, 1953. Francisquito Conservation Camp, CC#4, under the administrative supervision of Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) was opened in October 1981. March 5, 1964 Phillips Ranch in San Francisquito Canyon. Power Plant One, the First Power Plant to Generate Electricity for the City of Los Angeles' Utility, Turns 100 Years Old. In 1904, Mulholland made a formal proposal to build an aqueduct hundreds of miles long from the Owens River Valley to a spot just north of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. GREEN VALLEY A portion of San Francisquito Canyon Road will be closed to through traffic, starting Monday, due to pavement rehabilitation work by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. Both remain in-use today. Mulholland's first choice was to build the reservoir in Big Tujunga Canyon. LW2743 - St. Francis Dam Floodpath, about a mile below the dam. We would stop at Phillips Ranch to sit under the trees and rest and even used the bathroom there at times.". The diverted portion of Old San Francisquito Canyon Road rejoins with the section that's open to traffic a couple of miles down from the dam site, and just a few feet from Power Plant #2. duplex_triplex with a list price of $1595000. LW3084 - Wm. In March 1928, the worst civil engineering failure in California history killed more than 450 people when a wall of water carved a path of staggering destruction from a canyon north of Los Angeles to the coast. comm. Report on St. Francis Dam Flood Newhall Land & Farming Co., 3-24-1928. 2, March 1928 (Oversized). The Phillips Ranch was located at GPS coordinates 3434'02.6"N 11828'04.8"W (34.567390, -118.468002) in Baird Canyon, an offshoot of San Francisquito Canyon, 4.4 road miles north of Stator Lane (the LADWP Powerhouse 2 community) on the southeast side of San Francisquito Canyon Road. From 1854, the wagon route of the Stockton - Los Angeles Road followed its course as did the Butterfield Overland Mail in California from 1858 to 1861. News of the dam's collapse and subsequent official warnings took time to spread. Title records show the land was deeded in 1946 to Bert W. Hunick and wife Ora Hunick. 10/5/2017: Sens. L.A. Board of Water & Power Commissioners Annual Report, 6-30-1929. RJ1010 - Joseph and Della Raggio with King Snake at Raggio Ranch, ~1940s. MF2601 - Walking Across Top of St. Francis Dam, 1926-1928. Unit 5 also has a 25 MW capacity. 2008 - St. Francis Dam Disaster Survivors of Santa Paula Instead of building dam in Big Tujunga Canyon, he chose instead to build one in San Francisquito Canyon. View details, map and photos of this single family property with 2 bedrooms and 2 total baths. 2017 - Alan Pollack, Dianne Erskine-Hellrigel: St. Francis Dam Lecture Going up there right now isn't safe, but here are some places where you can enjoy the view and snap a pic. The Day the Dam Burst by Wesley S. Griswold, Popular Science, March 1964. Do you know of other interesting ruins in the state? The collapse sent a 10-story wall of water barreling down San Francisquito Canyon. Over the next six hours, the wave would wash over several towns and settlements in its path on its 54 mile journey to the Pacific Ocean. St. Francis Dam: One Family's Ordeal by David Desmond Gazette, July-August 2006. AL1959 - Oil Wells and Los Angeles Aqueduct, Placerita Canyon, 1940s-50s. Though the Los Angeles River could provide enough water for hundreds of thousands of resident Angelenos, the millions that Mulholland envisioned living in the future metropolis would would quickly parch the local rivers and aquifers. In 1900, about 100,000 people lived in the city. A silent film ca. The completed dam in 1927. The kids from No. Newhall Morgue, FILM: Fox News Footage: Nighttime Recovery of Bodies, Memorialization and Memory of Southern California's St. Francis Dam Disaster of 1928, St. Francis Dam Disaster: Tracing the Human Story Through Archaeology and Oral History, News Story: CSUN Grad Student Memorializes Victims of 1928 St. Francis Dam Disaster, Engineer Suggests Ancient Landslide was Factor in Disaster, The 1928 St. Francis Dam Failure and Its Impact on American Civil Engineering. ", Carol Rising Longo, daughter of St. Francis Dam worker and survivor Ray E. Rising, has similar memories (pers. Memories of St. Francis Dam Disaster. Even when the dam was filled almost to maximum capacity throughout 1927, the amount of water leaking from the dam was considered insignificant. LW2479 - Red Cross Relief: Shelters, Soup Lines, Nurses, Hospital. Have you ever been to any of these historical ruins? There was also a basement, which is where I slept.". Mismanagement, Sloppy Hiring Practices, Lack Of Transparency. LW2642 - St. Francis Dam Disaster: Ruins, 17 Views, Ex-San Francisco PUC Archives, ~3-13-1928. SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (KABC) -- Three men died and two people were injured in a fiery crash in Santa Clarita, officials say. LW2179 - St. Francis Dam Failure, Aerial View, March 1928. ft.) lot listed for sale on. 7/11/2017: Video: House Floor Debate: HR2156: Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act (Congressional Record) "William Mulholland" Presides Over L.A. Aqueduct Cascades Centennial LADWP, 11-5-2013. LW2514 - L.A. Aqueduct Centennial Garden Opens at Mulholland Memorial Fountain, 10-23-2013. LW2100a - St. Francis Dam: Wing Dyke Ruins (2 Views), 3-11-2001. 5 of eight 12-frame film rolls. HS2811 - Telephone Company Crew, 3 Miles West of Castaic Junction, ~1928. AL1101 - L.A. Aqueduct Worker Sends Postcard to Mom from Jawbone Division (Mojave Desert), 1911. View more property details, sales history and Zestimate data on Zillow. Ft. 0 Vacant Land, Canyon Country, CA 91351. (1928)*^* - Panoramic view showing the St. Francis Dam with large reservoir behind it. . HR5357: Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act Introduced by Rep. Buck McKeon, 7-31-2014. 1926 - Dam Under Construction in 'The Temptress' (Greta Garbo) HB1402 - St. Francis Dam Rubble, 11-14-2014. Who Designed the Ill-Fated St. Francis Dam? St. Francis Dam DisasterIn The News This building, Power Plant #2, is one of two electrical generating stations in the canyon, that derives hydroelectric power from the Los Angeles aqueduct pipes buried underground in the canyon. $441,500 Last Sold Price. Take a look. It was demolished after a teenage boy who climbed the ruin fell to his death. When it first opened its doors Power Plant One had just one generator, producing 9375 kilowatts, enough to power over 6,500 homes today. 16 juin 2022 parasitism in the sonoran desert. George W.P. Los Angeles Aqueduct Opening Ceremonies Los Angeles Times, 11-6-1913. This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). This could be about when "Phil" Phillips who may have operated an early ready-mix concrete company in the San Fernando Valley and wife Gladys acquired the property. 1994 - Charles Outland: Man-Made Disaster: The Story of St. Francis Dam, VIDEO: ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE / FILM CLIPS It roughly parallels the river's course between San Francisquito Pass and its southern terminus in the northern Santa Clarita Valley. 2010 - Raw Oral History: Thelma McCawley Shaw, Dam Survivor (Barely) All rights reserved. AP2331 - St. Francis Dam Under Construction, 1924-1926. 3-14-1927; St. Francis Dam Entry. The acres ( sq. Onlookers watch the swollen Santa Clara River sweep debris towards the Pacific Ocean. Annual SCVHS St. Francis Dam Disaster Lecture (Video) 3-11-2017. AP2333 - St. Francis Dam Failure, March 1928. "(Charles Deem) sold some of the property between the two ranches to Gladys." Mulholland Inspects St. Francis Dam Disaster Site, Watson Photo, 3-14-1928. SR2701 - Baby Book of Richard Bruitt Smith, b. 2017 - Oddity Odysseys: Exploring the St. Francis Dam Ruins View 48 photos of this 6 bed, 4 bath, 3774 sqft. San Francisquito Canyon Map - Valley - Los Angeles, United States - Mapcarta RI1301 - Harrison Gray Otis & Ellen Beach Yaw at L.A. Aqueduct Grand Opening, 11-5-1913. 1928. On its opening day, March 18, 1917, the unassuming beige facility was the first power plant of the Los Angeles Bureau of Power and Light (later the LADWP) to service the City of Los Angeles. Though the exact number of deaths is unknown, estimates range from 450 to 600 casualties. Three people are dead and two were critically injured after a traffic collision in Santa Clarita. More than 400 people were killed when water burst through the leaky dam and roared across a widespread part of the area northwest of Los Angeles. A modest pile of concrete, half buried by soil and vegetation on the canyon's floor, is all that remains of the once nearly 200-foot tall dam. I love a good case of adaptive reuse. L.A. County Assessor parcel map: County aerial map 2014. 1940s, Found 10-15-2013. Old ruins are one of the best ways to take a peek into the past. Spent many days riding horses and swimming at that ranch. 1) St. Francis Dam: Forgotten, With Purpose, 2) Reopening the Books on the St. Francis Dam Disaster, 3) St. Francis Dam Construction Records Missing, 4) Dam Disaster Whitewash Preserves Mulholland Legend. He retreated inside the house to grab the family's other daughters, but the flood washed the house away before they could escape. The breach unleashed 12 billion gallons of water that spread across the region, carrying mud and debris through towns and farming communities. Click to enlarge or download original scan. 28774 San Francisquito Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita, CA 91390 is for sale. Knauber said the restaurant was still equipped with its operational necessities a kitchen, flatware, dishes, glasses, a full wooden bar and stools, tables and a dance floor downstairs, with more dining and banquet rooms upstairs and a hand-operated dumbwaiter to carry food and dishes between floors. 7/22/2015: Knight Bill Would Protect 70,000 Acres; Establish St. Francis Dam Monument (SCVNews) The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power began filling a reservoir in the San Francisquito Canyon in 1926. Since 1820, San Francisquito Canyon and San Francisquito Pass were part of the original route of the El Camino Viejo, an alternate land route to the El Camino Real for reaching northern Spanish and Mexican colonial Alta California. published in the Los Angeles Times or the (San Fernando) Valley Times, which was an unrelated publication. Knauber described the single-family home: "Living room with a large fireplace, a long, wood dining table with leather covered wrap-around 'diner style' seating on the window side and captain chairs on the kitchen side and a medium sized kitchen. 2017 - Film: 'Big Surf' by Brian Smee Photo Gallery - Ruins of Structure on Tucker Ranch, 10 Views, 5-5-2014. In 1877, a series of 25-foot-tall kilns were made to produce charcoal for use in the nearby silver mine. Dana Knauber remembers (pers. 1995 - Philip Scorza & Frank Rock: St. Francis Dam Disaster It was designed and constructed under the management of William Mulholland, the chief engineer of the Los Angeles Bureau of Water Works and Supply. which of the following is a procedural defense? AP2329 - St. Francis Dam Under Construction ~1924. Click to enlarge. Of course, rapidly expanding Los Angeles was becoming thirstier and thirstier. Unit 2 was removed during the remodel and the original Unit 1 was replaced with a turbine that had more power than the original Units 1 and 2 combined 25 MW. The collapse of the dam is considered to . The inquest jury did not recommend prosecution, but heaped blame on Mulholland for the disaster. MLS# SR21049733. In order to insure against cost overruns, each total cost set forth with respect to a project for water resources development and conservation and related purposes authorized to be carried out by the Secretary in this Act or in a law enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act, including the Water Resources Development . Nobody who survived the flood saw the dam break. The saga marked what was effectively the end of Mulholland's storied career, one that forever left its mark on Los Angeles' water infrastructure. Ada on Catalina Island, The, EVENT: Explore the St. Francis Dam Disaster Site & LA Aqueduct, Photo Essay: Riverside Main Library's New Life As The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture, Photo Essay: The End of the Line for the Last of Its Kind, Gardena Cinema, Photo Essay: In Search of Terra Firma in the Mojave Desert, Where Earthquakes Cracked the Earth, Photo Essay: Wildflower Season Begins at Hemet Maze Stone, Photo Essay: The 8th Wonder of the World Is In Palm Springs? LW3052 - L.A. Aqueduct Construction Headquarters at Saugus Junction, 1907-1912. The abandoned portion of San Francisquito Canyon Road, passing over where the dam once stood. The photographer is identified as Bob Martin; his name and the address of his Hollywood studio appear on the back of related contact sheets. Shown Here: Statute at Large 135 Stat. 6-3-2004. The Rent Zestimate for this home is $2,600/mo, which has increased by $65/mo in the last 30 days. March 12, 2018 2 AM PT. Photo credit: Wikipedia/Kbh3rd. The abandoned portion of San Francisquito Canyon Road, passing over where the dam once stood. There was also a basement, which is where I slept.". The dam was prone to the concrete cracking, and Mulholland examined the dam on numerous occasions, but assured everyone that this was normal . Badwater Road, Badwater Rd, Furnace Creek, CA, USA. Click to enlarge. 1 and No. Most of these declared bluntly that the dam's design was defective, and the collapse was the consequence building on a weak foundation, though geologists of the time found no fault in the San Francisquito Canyon rock. Annual SCVHS St. Francis Dam Disaster Tour (Photos) 3-11-2017. Call 1-800-DIAL-DWP (1-800-342-5397). Before it broke, the dam was a instrumental component of the long and windy chain of infrastructure that moved drinkable water from the Owens River Valley, in Inyo County, to the mushrooming city, 233 miles to the south, known as Los Angeles. Earthquake Faults: Geology of San Francisquito and Bouquet Canyons Frank Andrew Nickell, Master's Thesis, CalTech, 1928. At its height, nearly 1000 people had moved to this colony established by Job Harriman, who dreamed of cooperative living "without war or interest on money or rent or land or profiteering." . A patchwork of telephone switchboard operators and motorcycle police officers began the frantic task of notifying residents of low lying areas in its path. Lynda Deem Burke said. The photographs were made to illustrate a feature story about the ranch, probably 2009 - Frank Rock: Man-Made Disaster: The Story of St. Francis Dam 2x2-inch negatives from the Watson Archive. LW2100c - St. Francis Dam: Ruins at Base, 3-11-2001. Video: Man-Made Disaster: The Story of St. Francis Dam Narrated by Charles F. Outland, SCVHS 1994. Unfortunately for him, a collage of private ranching interests owned much of the land Los Angeles would have needed to purchase. AL2092 - Jawbone Siphon (L.A. Aqueduct Right of Way), ~1912. The State Controller's Office is not responsible for the accuracy of this information. Original While the city maintained a store of water using smaller, more immediately local reservoirs after the aqueduct's opening, Mulholland saw the city's rapidly growing population as a sign that a large reservoir was still needed. Five days later, on March 12, 1928, dam keeper Tony Harnischfeger discovered a newer, larger leak with muddy and murky water. In the face of a drier future, that iconic piece of Americana is on its way out in Southern California. 2017). ? AL1913 - Invitation to Opening Ceremony, Owens Valley-Los Angeles Aqueduct, November 5, 1913. Video: Man-Made Disaster: The Story of St. Francis Dam Narrated by Frank Rock, SCVTV 2009. AL3043a - St. Francis Flood Damage, Santa Paula, March 1928. Photo credit: Wikipedia/Kbh3rd. The ruins of the hotel chimney, water cisterns, and more provide a glimpse of the past. AL3042 - St. Francis Dam Failure, Real Photo Postcard, Ruins of the Dam, April 13, 1928. AL1951 - Los Angeles Aqueduct, Opening Ceremonies, November 5, 1913 (8 Views). 2 Employee Housing at Stator Lane, n.d. (1930s-1950s). A 120-foot-high deadly wall of water . Plants grow through the cracks of the crumbling highway, a reminder that without human upkeep, nature is quick to reclaim what it considers its own. San Francisquito Canyon is a quiet indistinct canyon on the northern edge of Santa Clarita. Location: San Francisquito Power Plant No. Sellout Crowd Revisits 1928 Tragedy Dianne Erskine-Hellrigel, SCVHistory.com 3-12-2016. This Censored Life, Or, I Will Not Go Quietly. ID2101 - Lyman & Lillian Curtis, St. Francis Dam Victims, 1921. On April 16 and April 28, 1917, Units 2 and 3 were placed in operation bringing the facilitys capacity up to 28 MW, enough for about 20,000 homes. Construction began in 1908, with the approval of another $24.5 million bond paid for by Californian and Eastern investors, and finished ahead of schedule and under budget in 1913. The dam was to be 185 feet tall, and would have a maximum capacity of 12.4 billion gallons, enough water to supply roughly 500,000 households for one year. L.A. Board of Public Service Commissioners Annual Report, 6-30-1923. After the fire, the former restaurant building was vandalized by drug users. You can walk down to the dam site down this "Old" San Francisquito Canyon Road, which is now closed to traffic. MLS # 22003703. Plat of the "Hicken" homestead; "Hickin" is probably correct. 1928 titled 'Destruction of a Dam', depicting the dam break via miniatures and also showing footage of the aftermath and rescue operations. This is an archival story that predates current editorial management. LW3493 - Lower San Francisquito Canyon, Aerial View, 1928. Though the U.S. House of representatives passed the bill back in July, the U.S. Senate is yet to. Trees and power lines toppled, cars and houses crushed under branches, and . Download original scans, SCVHistory.com is another service of SCVTV, a 501c3 Nonprofit Site contents SCVTV. Though you stand just a five minute walk away from where the dam once stood, there are no reminders that tell you so. Draft Environmental Impact Report with Appendices. HS7044 - Photo Gallery: Wreckage at Kemp Station/Blue Cut, L.A.-Ventura County Line, March 1928. The property was originally homesteaded by Ben Hickin [cq], who on July 15, 1912, was granted a patent to 47.56 acres of land straddling San Francisquito Canyon Road (see plat below). It was originally built as a weekend getaway for Gladys and Phil.
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