Gianelli Power Plant
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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Power station
- Description: dam in Merced County, California
- Also known as: “Gianelli Powerhouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include O’Neill Forebay.
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. O’Neill Forebay is situated 2 miles northeast of Gianelli Power Plant.
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.
Gianelli Power Plant
- Categories: pumped-storage power station, building, and industry
- Location: Merced County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.06907° or 37° 4′ 9″ northLongitude
-121.07742° or 121° 4′ 39″ westInception
March 1967Operator
California Dept. of Water ResourcesOpen location code
849W3W9F+J2OpenStreetMap ID
way 24057536OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q12010701
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Satellite Map
Discover Gianelli Power Plant from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Ukrainian—“Gianelli Power Plant” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gianelli-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “W. R. Gianelli vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “William R. Gianelli vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “William R. Gianelli vannkraftverk”
- Ukrainian: “ГАЕС Вільям Джайанеллі”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include South Beach and Romero Visitors Center.
Nearby Places
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