Sepulveda Dam
by Jenny Revitz Soper
Title
Sepulveda Dam
Artist
Jenny Revitz Soper
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
The Sepulveda Dam in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles was constructed in response to the historic 1938 floods which killed 144 people. It was placed at what was, at the time, the edge of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. East of the dam, the river was crowded into a narrow bottom by the city's growth.
The Sepulveda Dam has a flood control basin; a large and undeveloped area in the center of the Valley, used mostly for wildlife refuge and recreation. But another legacy of the 1938 flood was the post-WWII channelization of all the Valley's dry washes, which along with rapid suburbanization left the Valley with hot, dry, concrete-lined river bottoms instead of greenbelts. Many of these are now being developed as interconnecting bike paths.
I caught this image through the window rushing past on the 405 freeway from a bus!
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July 31st, 2015
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Comments (10)
Tania Stefania Katzouraki
congrats you have been featured in our group Bright Fluorescent Artworks ! Please add your featured artwork at the following discussion thread : https://fineartamerica.com/groups/bright-fluorescent-artworks.html?showmessage=true&messageid=6442662
Hanne Lore Koehler
Fantastic capture of this spectacular sky, Jenny! Beautiful landscape silhouette! L/F/T/FB
Jenny Revitz Soper
Thanks to Frank J Casella for featuring this work in the Smart Phone Photography group.