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Flood of 1941

The San Diego River
Picture dated March 11.

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Shown here is water cascading over the spillway of El Capitan Dam in March of 1941. The 510-foot spillway is designed to control floods of 102,000 cubic feet per second. The spillway is at an elevation of 750 feet.

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