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St. Francis dam catastrophe -- A great foundation failure
Telegraphed preliminary report by Pacific Coast editor; wings of 205-ft. concrete dam washed out, but central section 100 ft. long remains; reservoir pours 38,000 acre-feet of water in torrent 100 feet deep, bringing death to hundreds; power house swept away; floodwater head bursts aqueduct below; dam and its foundations; rocks face at abutment gone or covered by landslides; failure caused by sliding out rather than overturning; typical rock samples submerged in water were found to soften in short time. (See also Eng. News-Rec., vol. 100, no. 12, Mar. 22, 1928, pp. 466-472, 12 figs.)
St. Francis dam catastrophe -- A great foundation failure
Telegraphed preliminary report by Pacific Coast editor; wings of 205-ft. concrete dam washed out, but central section 100 ft. long remains; reservoir pours 38,000 acre-feet of water in torrent 100 feet deep, bringing death to hundreds; power house swept away; floodwater head bursts aqueduct below; dam and its foundations; rocks face at abutment gone or covered by landslides; failure caused by sliding out rather than overturning; typical rock samples submerged in water were found to soften in short time. (See also Eng. News-Rec., vol. 100, no. 12, Mar. 22, 1928, pp. 466-472, 12 figs.)
St. Francis dam catastrophe -- A great foundation failure
Engineer
Bowers, N.A. (Autor:in)
Engineer ; 145
1928
3 pages
3 Figs.
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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St. Francis dam catastrophe -- A great foundation failure
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1928
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1928
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1928
Faulty foundation was cause of St. Francis dam failure
Engineering Index Backfile | 1928