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1971 Press Photo Norman Lakes Reservoir collapse feared due to earthquake

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More than half of the concrete top of an earth-fill dam at the Norman Lakes Reservoir in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles lies broken in the water following yesterday's earthquake. People in a wide area below the dam were ordered evacuated as authorities feared a collapse.

Photo is dated 1971.

Photo measures 8 x 9.25 inches.
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