St. Francis Dam

The St. Francis Dam was open for use in 1926, following two years of constructions. The dam was built in order to give the city of Los Angeles, and various other areas within the region a source of water. Though the dam itself had good intentions, faulty engineering design, and bad construction ultimately led to the untimely collapse of the dam on March 12th, 1928. After extensive research by various local, state, and federal investigators, it was determined that engineers didn’t take into account

St. Francis Dam Failure ENGG-123 Assignment#2 Zifeng Li 200353329 Feb 23rd, 2016 Abstract: This report can assist readers to understand the events that surround failure of the St. Francis Dam in March 1928. It demonstrates the causes and consequences of the disaster. The purpose of this report is to analyze the collapse of St. Francis Dam and indicate how this disaster relevant to the study and practice of engineering. However, there are some recommendation of future precaution and improvement

didn't seem to study much about dams because the dam that he built was built on schist which water slides under. This man was known throughout History for his confidence of how to build the dam. He seemed pretty gruff and impatient, He seemed like he wanted to just get done with his work. Mulholland wanted to get it done because it was a very long task, There are some answers to why Mulholland built the dam badly. One reason is that it was probably too much on the dam. As the head of the department

Mulholland’s desire to deliver a dam overshadowed his awareness towards engineering ethics. E.F. Scattergood, a chief electrical engineer, criticized the location where Mulholland wanted to build his dam. However, due to Mulholland’s political sway, the board eventually approved his proposal. Also California’s dam law 1917 gave the state engineer the authority to oversee dam project. Which allowed Mulholland the complete authority over his dam project. Prior to the construction, there was an increase

The St. Francis Dam was built in 1926 in the month of May by William Mulholland. Mulholland used concrete as the material to build the damn. The St. Francis Dam was Mulholland’s first concrete based dam. He had previous experience with earthen dams but decided to practice outside of his expertise and use concrete. This decision was was because the mountainous site lacked the sufficient amount of clay or water to construct hydraulic fills. The design of the downstream of the dam was a wide set of

From there we follow her journey from Fort Number 4 to Fort St Frédéric where they were treated with kindness by the French, but never-the-less were still captives. After that they were forced to traverse hundreds of miles to the Abenaki village where Susanna Johnson she watched her family split up and sold to

up into two parts because on one side has people that want to preserve and maintain this beautiful area as it is for future generations the other side is for the resource of water and electricity could produce. This article mentions the cost of the dam is 300,000 but the benefits would be in the millions. Once the

(Construction of the Dam). The impact of the Federal Government had on the Hoover Dam change the Southwest economy for the best. Before the Hoover Dam the employment rate was low, there were severe drought that were hard to overcome, and when the rain did come the flooding was hard to control. The impact of the Hoover Dam in the Southwest was tremendous by being able to control the flooding of the Colorado River and provided a irrigation systems for farm lands. In addition the Hoover Dam also provided a

construction of the Los Angeles aqueduct, a 200-mile system to transfer water from Owens Valley to the San Fernando Valley. In March 1928, the St. Francis Dam failed and Mulholland’s career was in shambles. In the article Villain or Visionary, written by Eve Bachrach, Mullholland’s career and achievements are put in question. Opinions of Mulholland diverge once the dam fails. Bachrach’s article asks the question, “Was he motivated by greed, played by the rich men who hoped to be made richer by a secure

family as far as I can find out right now came from Ireland, coming over during the potato famine. The predecessors of mine that I will talk are; my father’s father, James Walter Crowley; his father, Walter James Crowley; his father, James Frank/Francis Crowley; his father, Cornelius Hurley Crowley; and finally his father, Cornelius Crowley. I will mention major events they were apart of, if they served or not, known education, and interesting stories that really occurred. Cornelius Crowley