Comments on paper entitled: Baldwin Hills reservoir failure
β Scribed by Thomas M. Leps
- Book ID
- 103072909
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 135 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0013-7952
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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