At just three minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam, which had been designed as a reservoir for the Los Angeles water supply by William Mulholland, suddenly failed, releasing 11 billion gallons of water into a narrow valley in northeastern Los Angeles County, destroying everything in its path. Over the course of the next four hours, a roaring wall of water swept through the night, traveling 55 miles from the San Francisquito Valley, through the Santa Clara Valley, and on to the Pacific Ocean.
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*Musical Credits:*
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FesliyanStudios Background Music ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdEEFrPBkT5WLeRCl2qsEJQ )
Cool Vibes - Film Noire ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STBy7VZ8rVw ) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
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Music by MusicByPedro: http://www.youtube.com/user/MusicByPedro
Songs: Who's Out There ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaIQNWXJPqE ) , Lonely ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9HvPZGAqd4 )
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Song: Adrift In My Own Thoughts ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUFMHODlP1s )
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