Episode 30: Well, Dam! (The Story of the St. Francis Dam, and the SoCal Gas Leak)

 

An unidentified man inspecting a shrinkage crack in the St. Francis Dam, 1928. PHOTO: SCVHISTORY.COM/SANTA CLARITA VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

In telling the stories of the two worst man made disasters in Los Angeles history, the St. Francis Dam (6:23) and the Porter Ranch gas leak (43:20), the LA Meekly boys inadvertently create the third worst man made disaster in Los Angeles history.

 
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Episode 29: A Landmark Episode (The Stories Behind the Big L.A. Landmarks)