Barrage de St. Francis

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Le barrage de St. Francis était un barrage dont le réservoir alimentait l'aqueduc de Los Angeles en Californie. Il fut construit entre 1924 et 1926 à quelques kilomètres de l'actuelle ville de Santa Clarita.

Lors de son premier remplissage, le 12 mars 1928, le barrage s'est effondré et a entrainé l'inondation du San Francisquito Canyon qui a couté la vie à près de 430 personnes. C'est la plus grave erreur de génie civil survenue aux États-Unis, et la deuxième plus grave catastrophe dans l'histoire de la Californie, après le séisme de 1906 à San Francisco. Elle couta sa carrière à l'ingénieur en chef du projet, William Mulholland.

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Source: Stearns, H.T. USGS

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