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Structure Type: built works - infrastructure - transportation structures - dams
Designers: [unspecified]
Dates: constructed 1917
The dam was built in winter 1917; it extended 720 feet long and stood 25 feet high;
Soil liquefaction caused the dam to give way during the Santa Barbara Earthquake of 1925; 30 million gallons of water traveled down Voluntario Street and Alisos Street, flooding the downtown.
PCAD id: 5495