The St. Francis Dam failure occurred in 1928.
Sources
- The Worst: Stupid Engineering Mistakes (wired.com)
- https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/st-francis-dam-disaster (usgs.gov)
- https://damfailures.org/case-study/st-francis-dam-california-1928 (damfailures.org)
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