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LaveyJet
01-13-2005, 07:16 PM
This is kinda cool, :cool: something you don't see everyday.
Seven Oaks Dam was completed in November of 1999. Its in the upper watershed of the Santa Ana Rriver East of San Bernardino.This is looking behind the dam when it was near completion. The intake on the right is over 200ft high.
http://www.sbcounty.gov/trnsprtn/pwg/Photo_Gallery/Above_7_Oaks_Dam_small.jpg
These were taken earlier today. There's
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/22537full1-med.JPG
Looking at the top of the ontake tower, water is over 200 feet deep. This is the "fullest" its been, didn't take long.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/22537full2-med.JPG
Too Bad its flood control only, no boats or fishing :(
another view of the tower.
http://www.queststructures.com/hp2.jpg

LaveyJet
01-13-2005, 07:20 PM
Hope nobody ever pulls the plug....my house is right down from there :jawdrop: :2purples: :eek:
So is mine!

Raisin Wake
01-13-2005, 07:38 PM
I can see that from my house. Anybody know how many surface acres of water can be held behind it?

dmontzsta
01-13-2005, 08:30 PM
So when and where do we launch?