Big Dalton Dam Explained
Big Dalton Dam is a multiple arch concrete dam in Los Angeles County, California, built for the Los Angeles County Flood Control District and completed in August 1929. The dam is one of the earliest of the multiple arch "double-wall" buttress designs of engineer Fred A. Noetzli.[1] The 991 acre-foot (1.2 million cubic meter) dam provides water conservation and controls flooding from Big Dalton Canyon, a watershed within the San Dimas Experimental Forest, part of the Angeles National Forest in the San Gabriel Mountains. It is about 4 miles northeast of the city of Glendora and is operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works.[2] [3] [4]
See also
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, filed under 2600 Big Dalton Canyon Road, Glendora, Los Angeles County, CA:
Notes and References
- Book: Jackson. Donald C.. Building the Ultimate Dam: John S. Eastwood and the Control of Water in the West. 2005. University of Oklahoma Press. 0806137339. 185. 1 June 2016.
- Web site: Section 9 – Small Reservoirs – Big Dalton Reservoir. Los Angeles County Flood Control District. 31 May 2016.
- Web site: USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-119. U.S. Forest Service. 31 May 2016. 1990.
- Web site: Hydrologic Report 2012-2013. County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works. 27. 1 June 2016.
