and damage was seen during this flood; local rainfall totals reached upwards of near . In New Hampshire, the Pemigewasset, Baker, Ammonoosuc, Merrimack and Connecticut rivers went into flood. Along the Androscoggin River in Maine, floods destroyed the covered bridge in Bethel, and a steel bridge replaced the old bridge to accommodate truck traffic across the river. Life was also disrupted in Rumford from this flood. Damages from the flood totaled US$40 million (in 1927 dollars). Eighty-five people lost their lives in the flood, including Vermont's Lt. Gov. Hollister Jackson. St. Francis Dam failure - March 1928 Around midnight on March 12, 1928, the 195 foot St. Francis Dam in the San Francisquito Canyon above what is now the city of Santa Clarita in California failed catastrophically. At least 431 people were killed as the 47,000,000 m3 reservoir emptied into the Pacific Ocean near Oxnard, nearly 50 miles away. The dam and reservoir were designed by William Mulholland as additions to the first Los Angeles Aqueduct system that conveyed water from the Owens to the city of Los Angeles. The dam's failure was attributed to design errors that did not take into account the poor foundation rock in the canyon and the resulting hydraulic uplift due to overfilling the reservoir. Decade of the 1930s Northeast flood – spring 1936 Rain concurrent with snowmelt set the stage for this flood. It affected the entire state of New Hampshire. In Maine, a major flood washed out railroad tracks along the Androscoggin River east of Bethel and the industrial section of Rumford. Jay saw its mills and factories along the river damaged. The East Turner bridge was again destroyed. The iron bridge between Lisbon Falls and Durham washed away. Along the Kennebec River, the Ticonic bridge was washed downstream at Waterville, Maine. In all, damage totaled US$113 million (1936 dollars), and 24 people were killed. Damage was significant along the C&O Canal during the greatest of all Potomac River floods. The flood carried off many of the bridges along the Potomac from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia to Hancock, Maryland. Pittsburgh suffered the worst floods in its history. Lowell, Massachusetts In Lowell, Massachusetts, during the 1936 spring floods, the Merrimack River exceeded its banks, causing havoc in most of the city's northern banks. The Francis Gate saved the downtown area, but other sections of the city were not so lucky. Lowell had a second,