San Luis Dam
San Luis Dam, also known as B.F. Sisk Dam, is a major earth-filled dam in Merced County, California, which forms San Luis Reservoir, the largest off-stream reservoir in the United States.- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Merced County, California
- Also known as: “B F Sisk San Luis Dam” and “B.F. Sisk Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gianelli Power Plant.
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 3,700 feet north of San Luis 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.
San Luis Dam
- Category: embankment dam
- Location: Merced County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Bokmål—“San Luis Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “San Luis Dam”
- French: “barrage de San Luis”
- French: “Barrage de San Luis”
- Hebrew: “סכר סן לואיס”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “San Luis-demningen”
- Norwegian: “San Luis-demningen”
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Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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