The St. Francis Dam Disaster’s 92nd anniversary is still remembered to this day by the Santa Clarita Valley, along with other cities affected by the collapse. 92 years ago, the Saint Francis Dam broke and killed more than 400 people in Santa Clarita and the surrounding areas. Filled with water supplied by the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which allowed water to ...

A California State University, Northridge grad student announced the completion of a master’s thesis on the memorialization of the Santa Clarita Valley’s St. Francis Dam Disaster of 1928. Ann Stansell, of Los Angeles, an anthropology and public archaeology student, spent three years compiling her work, which has had a notable impact on Santa Clarita Valley history, according to a history ...

Courtesy Leon Worden |  SCVHistory.com An extensive new roster of the victims of the St. Francis Dam Failure that occurred in 1928 has been released in time for the tragedy’s 86th anniversary. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Ann Stansell, a graduate student from California State University, Northridge, compiled the roster, ...

March 12 and 13 mark the 85th anniversary of one of the worst manmade disasters in California history, second only to the San Francisco earthquake. Engineer William Mulholland’s St. Francis Dam in San Francisquito Canyon failed on Monday, March 12, 1928 at 11:57 p.m. A 140-foot wall of water poured into the canyon, killing an estimated 500 people and causing ...