St. Francis Dam
The St. Francis Dam, or the San Francisquito Dam, was a concrete gravity-arch dam located in San Francisquito Canyon in northern Los Angeles County, California, United States, that was built between 1924 and 1926.
Photo: USGS, Public domain.- Type: Ruins
- Description: former dam in Los Angeles County, California, US
- Also known as: “Saint Francis Dam” and “San Francisquito Dam”
St. Francis Dam
- Categories: gravity dam and historic site
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.54703° or 34° 32′ 49″ north
Longitude
-118.51267° or 118° 30′ 46″ west
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
8563GFWP+RW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“St. Francis Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “聖法蘭西斯水壩”
- Dutch: “St. Francis Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد سانت فرانسيس”
- French: “barrage de St. Francis”
- French: “Barrage de St. Francis”
- German: “St.-Francis-Talsperre”
- Greek: “Καταστροφή του φράγματος του Σαν Φρανσίσκο”
- Hebrew: “סכר סנט פרנסיס”
- Italian: “diga di St. Francis”
- Italian: “Diga St. Francis”
- Japanese: “セント・フランシスダム”
- Marathi: “सेंट फ्रांसिस धरण”
- Slovenian: “St. Francis Dam”
- Spanish: “Presa de San Francisquito”
- Spanish: “Presa de St. Francis”
- Vietnamese: “Đập Saint Francis”
- Vietnamese: “Đập San Francisquito”
- Vietnamese: “Đập St. Francis”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include San Francisquito Power Plant No. 2 and San Francisquito Canyon Fire Station.
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