Pacoima dam

Pacoima Dam Pacoima Reservoir
Dam of the Pacoima dam in the mountains
Location: Los Angeles County , California , USA Tributaries: Pacoima Wash Drain: Pacoima Wash → Tujunga Wash → Los Angeles River Major cities nearby: los Angeles
California , United States
Coordinates	34 ° 20 '5 "  N , 118 ° 23' 47"  W Coordinates: 34 ° 20 '5 "  N , 118 ° 23' 47"  W.
Data on the structure
Construction time:	1925-1928
Height of the barrier structure :	113 m
Crown width:	200 m
Data on the reservoir
Water surface	28 ha

The Pacoima Dam (English Pacoima Dam ) dams the Pacoima River in California . The arch dam is located in the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County . The dammed lake ( Pacoima Reservoir ) has an area of ​​28 hectares.

The plans for the dam go back to 1920. The construction was commissioned in 1924 and the dam was built from 1926. It was planned to be 345 feet to the crown, which should be 600 feet wide. At the base, it should be 65 feet wide and 100 feet thick. The construction was finished in February 1929 and was then a bit bigger - at that time the highest dam in the world.

The name Pacoima is derived from the river, which the Tongva people called "rushing water" in their language.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Marc Wanamaker: Images of America - San Fernando Valley . Arcadia Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-0-7385-7157-7 , p. 28.

Web links

• Pacoima Dam in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
• Pacoima Reservoir in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey