O’Neill Dam
O'Neill Dam is an earthfill dam on San Luis Creek, 12 miles west of Los Banos, California, United States, on the eastern slopes of the Pacific Coast Ranges of Merced County.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Merced County, California, U.S
- Also known as: “Oneill Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include O’Neill Forebay and Gianelli Power Plant.
O’Neill Forebay
Reservoir
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
O'Neill Forebay is a forebay to the San Luis Reservoir created by the construction of O'Neill Dam across San Luis Creek approximately 12 miles west of Los Banos, California, United States, on the eastern slopes of the Pacific Coast Ranges of Merced County.
Gianelli Power Plant
Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Gianelli Power Plant, also known as the San Luis Power Plant, is a pumped-storage hydroelectric plant that is at the base of the San Luis Dam in California. Gianelli Power Plant is situated 2½ miles southwest of O’Neill Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santa Nella.
Santa Nella
Photo: Cristiano Tomás, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santa Nella is a town of about 2,000 people in Merced County in California's San Joaquin Valley. It's best known as a major rest stop on Interstate 5 and as the home of the iconic Danish-American diner Pea Soup Andersen's.
O’Neill Dam
- Category: embankment dam
- Location: Merced County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.08439° or 37° 5′ 4″ northLongitude
-121.04076° or 121° 2′ 27″ westElevation
233 feet (71 metres)Open location code
849W3XM5+QMOpenStreetMap ID
node 358771821OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
“O’Neill Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “O’Neill Dam”
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