MULWRAY
“In case you’ve forgotten, gentlemen,
over five hundred lives were lost
when the Van der Lip Dam gave way —
core samples have shown that beneath
this bedrock is shale similar to the
permeable shale in the Van der Lip
disaster. It couldn’t withstand
that kind of pressure there.”
from “Chinatown” by Robert Towne (my favorite film)
I used to live in housing tract off of San Francisquito Rd. during 60s-70s. On some Sunday drives up the canyon, we would find bits and pieces of the old concrete that was the dam. I couldn’t imagine being asleep and waking to rushing water through my home, how horrible for the people who perished.
MULWRAY
“In case you’ve forgotten, gentlemen,
over five hundred lives were lost
when the Van der Lip Dam gave way —
core samples have shown that beneath
this bedrock is shale similar to the
permeable shale in the Van der Lip
disaster. It couldn’t withstand
that kind of pressure there.”
from “Chinatown” by Robert Towne (my favorite film)
this was a GREAT post scott THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
I used to live in housing tract off of San Francisquito Rd. during 60s-70s. On some Sunday drives up the canyon, we would find bits and pieces of the old concrete that was the dam. I couldn’t imagine being asleep and waking to rushing water through my home, how horrible for the people who perished.
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