Sepulveda Dam

Sepulveda Dam

Located in Los Angeles, California, the Sepulveda Dam is a project of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, built in 1941 to control winter flood waters along the Los Angeles River. It is located approximately 8 miles east of the river's official starting point in the San Fernando Valley.

Behind the dam, the Sepulveda Basin is home to several large recreation areas and parks, a model-aircraft field, Japanese gardens, a wildlife refuge, a water reclamation plant and an armory.

Filming location

Due to its neomodern look and proximity to Hollywood, California and Burbank, the dam is a popular filming location for movies, television and advertisements:
* "24"
* "Entourage"
* "Gattaca"
* "Escape from New York", representing the prison perimeter.
* "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension", in the end credits.
* "S1m0ne"
* "The Italian Job"
* They Might Be Giants' music video for "".
* Switchfoot music video for Stars
* "Knight Rider"
* "The Biggest Loser"
* "Air Patrol", during the climax of this 1962 film.
* "Profiler" (TV series)"
* "Grease", during the race scene.
* "Fear Factor" has also performed some stunts here.
* The music video for R.E.M:s song "Drive" was shot here during August 1992.
* Audioslave music video for Cochise
* In the film The Core, the space shuttle Endeavour must land in the spillway after receiving faulty GPS data.

External links

* [http://www.spl.usace.army.mil/resreg/htdocs/spda.html Sepulveda Dam Data]


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