How much did the Sepulveda Dam in Los Angeles cost to build?
Sepulveda Dam is a dry flood-control dam on the Los Angeles River in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, built by the US Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, after the 1938 floods that killed 144 people, with construction from 1940 and completion in 1941. It is 2.93 miles (about 4,716 m) long, 57 feet (about 17.4 m) high and holds 17,300 acre-feet. Wikipedia, citing the Corps of Engineers' Sepulveda Dam Basin Master Plan that could not be opened, gives its cost as USD 6,650,561.
Final project cost
$6.6506 million
Cost basis: 1941
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Final project cost1941
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- Total lengthspl.usace.army.mil
- 4,716 m
- Heightspl.usace.army.mil
- 17.4 m
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