The WaterWay musical is proud to partner with The St. Francis Dam Memorial Foundation. Their mission statement is “To preserve and advance the history of the St. Francis Dam disaster and honor the victims.” Through the efforts of Board Members Alan Pollack and Dianne Erskin-Hellrigel, The St. Francis Dam...
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St. Francis Dam Anniversary
On this date ninety-two years ago, the St. Francis Dam — holding back a filled-to-capacity reservoir containing 12.5 billion gallons of water — broke apart. Three minutes before midnight, on March 12, 1928, the dam collapsed, unleashing a ferocious 140 foot tall wave of water that rushed down San...