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Lake Hodges Dam is a multiple-arch dam that sits on the San Dieguito River. It was commissioned by the Volcan Water Company and designed by John S. Eastwood.It was completed in 1918 (106 years ago) (), and later purchased by the city of San Diego. [7]
John Samuel Eastwood (1857, in Minnesota – 1924, in California) was an American engineer who built the world's first reinforced concrete multiple-arch dam on bedrock foundation at Hume Lake, California, in 1908, and was one of California's pioneers of hydroelectric power production.
L. La Grange Dam; Lake Atalanta; Lake Byllesby Dam; Lake Chelan Dam; Lake Eleanor Dam; Lake Freeman; Lake Hemet; Lake Hennessey; Lake Henshaw; Lake Hodges; Lake Hodges Dam
That’s above the John C. Boyle Dam and (in the past) it was never accessible or had nearly enough water to raft. Now it does, and it's steep, it's technical. It’s on the verge of Class V in a ...
Bone-chilling Arctic air gripped much of the eastern United States on Saturday, while lake-effect snow threatened to disrupt post-holiday travel in parts of the Great Lakes region.
Sharon Kahn and Vicki K. Hodges died in June 2020 when their tubes went over the top of the Clermont dam, became trapped in turbulence at the base of the structure, and drowned.
The San Dieguito River is a major river in Southern California, United States.Its headwaters rise on the southern slope of the Volcan Mountains in San Diego County, and the river flows generally southwest for 23.8 miles (38.3 km), [3] draining 346 square miles (900 km 2) before emptying into the Pacific Ocean 20 miles (32 km) north of San Diego.
When Lake Hodges Dam was built in 1917–1918, the area began to develop rapidly. The creation of the 12,000-acre (49 km 2 ) Santa Fe Irrigation District in 1918 ensured that the area from Rancho Santa Fe through Solana Beach would prosper and expand.