Sites in SoCal
10/13/2023
First stop - St. Francis Dam Site
• This is the site of a dam failure in 1928 that became the 3rd largest disaster causing a loss of life in California history.
• It also was the end of the career of William Mulholland, the man who created the Los Angeles Aqueduct.
• More info here... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Francis_Dam
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This lake, set on the San Andreas Fault, west of Palmdale, CA hasn't had this much water in it as long as I can remember.
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A railroad "loop" in the Tehachapi Mountains.
Read more here... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehachapi_Loop
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This lake also has more water in it than I've ever seen.
One of the advantages of heavy snow fall during the winter, and Hurricane Hillary!
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