Sepulveda Dam

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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.

[edit] 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"
• 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 "The Statue Got Me High".
• 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.

[edit] External links

• Sepulveda Dam Data

• Sepulveda Dam is at coordinates 34°09′60″N 118°28′21″W / 34.166543, -118.472588 (Sepulveda Dam)Coordinates: 34°09′60″N 118°28′21″W / 34.166543, -118.472588 (Sepulveda Dam)