St. Francis Dam Failure - The Design That Couldn't Hold

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St. Francis Dam Failure - The Design That Couldn't Hold

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AI host Ava Grey examines the catastrophic design failures of the St. Francis Dam, which collapsed in 1928, killing over 400 people. She analyzes how Chief Engineer William Mulholland recycled unsuitable plans, raised the dam's height without widening its base, and omitted critical safety features like grouting and cutoff trenches—creating a structure engineered for inevitable failure.

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