CB1100 Monthly Photo Challenge

[Inhouse Bob]

Well, damn. No dams near me that can be accessed without a narrow hiking trail or stopping on a major freeway.

The gutter outside my office jams up with leaves and trash but that’s all I got.

Gone, Engineer William Mulholland built flood control projects all over the LA area. He built the the famous LA Aqueduct that was used in many movies. And he built dams, (but we won't mention the St. Francis dam, not a good career move for Mr. Mulholland). The US Army Corps of Engineers built flood control projects in Southern California, example, the Seven Oaks Dam.

Yeah yeah, I saw Chinatown too... and there's a big 'ole fountain in Los Feliz commemorating Mulholland. But, most of the dams are way north of L.A. and I'm too lazy to cross the entire L.A. megalopolis and go find one. I might be able to snag a dirt berm in the Santa Ana river near me.

The L.A. Acqueduct is just a concrete river channel that runs through the city, built to control the the L.A. River after the St. Francis Dam collapse flooded out the city. If there's a car chase filmed in L.A., that's the big, flat concrete channel with the angled sides that you always see.

Might be able to get a shot of the Hollywood Reservoir. That's what Charleton Heston jogs across in the opening scenes of Earthquake.

You might consider the Vail Lake Dam. It is in the mountains southeast of LA and looks like a nice ride, at least on Google Maps