St. Francis Dam

The St. Francis Dam, or the San Francisquito Dam, was a concrete gravity-arch dam located in in northern Los Angeles County, California, United States, that was built between 1924 and 1926.
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: former dam in Los Angeles County, California, US
  • Wheelchair access: no

St. Francis Dam

Latitude
34.54703° or 34° 32′ 49″ north
Longitude
-118.51267° or 118° 30′ 46″ west
Open location code
8563GFWP+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3452822110
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q381648
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Satellite Map

Discover St. Francis Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“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: “St. Francis Dam”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include San Francisquito Power Plant No. 2 and San Francisquito Canyon Fire Station.

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