A discussion of the Baldwin Hills reservoir failure
β Scribed by Stanley D. Wilson
- Book ID
- 107752924
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 806 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0013-7952
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
I think it would be a good idea if I start by describing what my affiliation with Baldwin Hills was. The failure happened, as we know, in December 1963. Within a day or so after the failure the mayor of Los Angeles under (as you might understand) certain pressures formed what was called locally, "a
As Scott mentioned, I was engaged {along with Dr. Casagrande) by the Standard Oil Company of California to assist them in their defense of the lawsuit that was instigated by the insurance carriers against the Standard Oil Company. Now it is inevitable that when you are engaged by a client you do you
The paper by has been reviewed by the present writer with the benefit of unusually detailed acquaintance with the documented design, construction and performance, but no original involvement in the design and construction of the reservoir. This review also has the tempering benefit of over 20 years
The questions dealt with in the following memorandum were prepared by Dr. G.A. Leonards and transmitted via his Workshop Prospectus dated August 20, 1984. The responses offered are based in part on (1) the present writer's professional involvement in 1963--64 in the State of California's Department