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Life of the Salton Sea

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Event Title: Split in Half

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When the Rockwood Headgate failed, it broke up and split into two pieces.  The northern portion, pictured here rose up from the middle, peeled off from the bank, and floated downstream where it crashed into a train trestle bridge severely damaging it.

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