Sepulveda Dam
The Sepulveda Dam is a dry dam constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withhold winter flood waters along the Los Angeles River. Completed in 1941, at a cost of $6,650,561, it is located south of center in the San Fernando Valley, approximately eight miles east of the river's source in the western end of the Valley, in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Mokwella, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Encino Hospital Medical Center and Valley Beth Shalom.
Encino Hospital Medical Center
Hospital
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The Encino Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in Encino, California. The hospital's ownership changed in June 2008 when Tenet Healthcare sold it to the current owner, Prime Healthcare. Encino Hospital Medical Center is situated 3,700 feet southwest of Sepulveda Dam.
Valley Beth Shalom
Synagogue
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Valley Beth Shalom is a Conservative synagogue at 15739 Ventura Boulevard in Encino, Los Angeles, California, in the United States. With approximately 1,500 member families, it is one of the largest synagogues in Los Angeles and one of the largest Conservative synagogues in the United States. Valley Beth Shalom is situated 4,000 feet south of Sepulveda Dam.
Proto-Cathedral of St. Mary
Church
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The Proto-Cathedral of St. Mary or Proto-Cathedral of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church is a parish church and proto-cathedral of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix, serving the Ruthenian Eastern Catholic population of Los Angeles, California, United States. Proto-Cathedral of St. Mary is situated 4,200 feet east of Sepulveda Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Valley and Encino.
South Valley
Photo: Vandad Zarrin, CC BY 3.0.
South Valley is an area of the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. It is made up of the neighborhoods of the southwestern portion of the valley: Canoga Park, Encino, Reseda, Tarzana, West Hills, Winnetka and Woodland Hills.
Encino
Suburb
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Encino is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California.
Sherman Oaks
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Sherman Oaks a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California. It is known more for its shopping malls than for its places to see.
Sepulveda Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: flood control dam on the Los Angeles River in California, United States
- Category: flood control dam
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.16625° or 34° 9′ 59″ northLongitude
-118.48089° or 118° 28′ 51″ westElevation
702 feet (214 metres)Open location code
85635G89+FJOpenStreetMap ID
way 696552077OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Sepulveda Dam” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “presa Sepulveda”
- Cebuano: “Sepulveda Dam”
- Chinese: “塞普爾韋達大壩”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد سيبولفيدا”
- French: “barrage Sepulveda”
- French: “Barrage Sepulveda”
- Hausa: “Sepulveda Dam”
- Hebrew: “סכר ספולוודה”
- Italian: “diga di Sepulveda”
- Japanese: “セプルベダ・ダム”
- Persian: “سد سپولودا”
- Slovenian: “jez Sepulveda”
- Spanish: “Presa Sepulveda”
- “Sepulveda Dam”
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