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Photograph courtesy of History San Jose
Downtown Shambles: The 1906 earthquake took the lives of 130 people in Santa Clara Valley and left much of downtown San Jose in rubble. The domes of Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph can be seen behind the ruins of a downtown city block.
Shaky Past
San Jose still repairing the damage 100 years after 'The Great Quake'
By Leonard McKay
City remembers 55 seconds that changed the city.s downtown. more >>
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